despiteful
Americanadjective
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malicious; spiteful.
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Obsolete. contemptuous; insolent.
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Thus far I had choked down my swelling rage at her faithlessness, her vanity, her despiteful entreatment of my master's plight.
From Helmet of Navarre by Bertha Runkle
"Heard you ever, my lords, a more despiteful and treasonable letter?"
From John Knox by William M. (William Mackergo) Taylor
Alas!" cried the king, "that you should ask me so despiteful a boon.
From Historic Tales, Vol. XIII (of 15), Part I The Romance of Reality. King Arthur by Charles Morris
But when Theseus heard the story, he straightened himself up, so that he seemed taller than ever before; and as for his face it was indignant, despiteful, bold, tender, and compassionate, all in one look.
From Tanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Driven by despiteful wrong she takes her seat, In lowly grief, at Jove's eternal feet.
From Mosaics of Grecian History by Marcius Willson
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