spitefulness

noun spitefulness

• backbiting — If you accuse someone of backbiting, you mean that they say unpleasant or unkind things about someone who is not present, especially in order to stop them doing well at work.
• bile — Bile is a liquid produced by your liver which helps you to digest fat.
• biles — Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
• bone to pick — (usually with with) An item of disagreement to complain about or resolve.
• callousness — made hard; hardened.