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dispiteous
[ dis-pit-ee-uhs ]
/ dÉŖsĖpÉŖt i És /
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adjective Archaic.
malicious; cruel; pitiless.
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āWasā is used for the indicative past tense of āto be,ā and āwereā is only used for the subjunctive past tense.
Origin of dispiteous
OTHER WORDS FROM dispiteous
disĀ·pitĀ·eĀ·ousĀ·ly, adverbdisĀ·pitĀ·eĀ·ousĀ·ness, nounWords nearby dispiteous
disphenoid, dispireme, dispirit, dispirited, dispiriting, dispiteous, displace, displaced, displaced homemaker, displaced person, displacement
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How to use dispiteous in a sentence
The morning had succeeded to the hopeless humidity of the night, and the drizzling rain fell with almost dispiteous persistence.
The Wearing of the Green|A.M. Sullivan