despiteful
Americanadjective
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malicious; spiteful.
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Obsolete. contemptuous; insolent.
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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 A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales For girls and boys by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
"Heard you ever, my lords, a more despiteful and treasonable letter?"
From John Knox by Taylor, William M. (William Mackergo)
Were His enemies never so many, and never so despiteful against Him, yet He sall rule in the midst of them.
From The Covenants And The Covenanters Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation by Kerr, James
But then brust forth the venome which before lurked; then might they not conteine their despiteful voices, but with open mouthes did crie: we will not haue suche a one to reigne ouer vs.
From The First Blast of the Trumpet against the monstrous regiment of Women by Arber, Edward
If Hor or Horus was the sun at his height, he too had suffered despiteful usage from his enemies.
From Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Lang, Andrew
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