despiteful

[ dih-spahyt-fuh l ]

/ dɪˈspaɪt fəl /

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adjective

malicious; spiteful.

Obsolete. contemptuous; insolent.

Words related to despiteful

disdainful, hateful, malevolent, malign, malignant, mean, nasty, scornful, spiteful, vicious, vindictive, wicked

Words nearby despiteful

desperate, desperation, despicable, despise, despite, despiteful, despiteous, despoil, despoliation, despond, despondency

Origin of despiteful

1400–50; late Middle English. See despite, -ful

OTHER WORDS FROM despiteful

de·spite·ful·ly, adverbde·spite·ful·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for despiteful

O false death, how injurious and despiteful hast thou been to me!
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete.|Francois Rabelais
Were His enemies never so many, and never so despiteful against Him, yet He sall rule in the midst of them.
The Covenants And The Covenanters|Various
Driven by despiteful wrong she takes her seat, In lowly grief, at Jove's eternal feet.
Mosaics of Grecian History|Marcius Willson
But, as I told him, his despiteful mood Is ornament well suits the breast that wears it.
The Vision of Hell, Complete|Dante Alighieri

He saw in her but the despiteful, revengeful handmaid; he forgot that she was an injured wife—a neglected mother.
Notable Women of Olden Time|Anonymous

British Dictionary definitions for despiteful

despiteful

despiteous (dɪˈspɪtɪəs)

/ (dɪˈspaɪtfʊl) /

adjective

an archaic word for spiteful

Derived forms of despiteful

despitefully, adverbdespitefulness, noun

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