dispiteous

[ dis-pit-ee-uh s ]

/ dɪsˈpɪt i əs /

adjective Archaic.

malicious; cruel; pitiless.

Nearby words

disphenoid, dispireme, dispirit, dispirited, dispiriting, dispiteous, displace, displaced, displaced homemaker, displaced person, displacement

Origin of dispiteous

1795–1805; earlier despiteous, alteration, after piteous, of dispitous, despitous, Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French; see despite, -ous; later taken as dis-¹ + piteous

Related forms

dis·pit·e·ous·ly, adverbdis·pit·e·ous·ness, noun