despiteful
malicious; spiteful.
Obsolete. contemptuous; insolent.
Origin of despiteful
1Other words from despiteful
- de·spite·ful·ly, adverb
- de·spite·ful·ness, noun
Words Nearby despiteful
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How to use despiteful in a sentence
Driven by despiteful wrong she takes her seat, In lowly grief, at Jove's eternal feet.
Mosaics of Grecian History | Marcius WillsonBut, as I told him, his despiteful mood Is ornament well suits the breast that wears it.
The Vision of Hell, Complete | Dante AlighieriHe saw in her but the despiteful, revengeful handmaid; he forgot that she was an injured wife—a neglected mother.
Notable Women of Olden Time | AnonymousIt is true, the triumph of your evil star is exceedingly despiteful.
The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. | Robert Burns and Allan CunninghamIf Hor or Horus was the sun at his height, he too had suffered despiteful usage from his enemies.
Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) | Andrew Lang
British Dictionary definitions for despiteful
despiteous (dɪˈspɪtɪəs)
/ (dɪˈspaɪtfʊl) /
an archaic word for spiteful
Derived forms of despiteful
- despitefully, adverb
- despitefulness, noun
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