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dispiteous

[ dis-pit-ee-uhs ]
/ dɪsˈpɪt i əs /
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adjective Archaic.

malicious; cruel; pitiless.

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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

OTHER WORDS FROM dispiteous

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

Words nearby dispiteous

disphenoid, dispireme, dispirit, dispirited, dispiriting, dispiteous, displace, displaced, displaced homemaker, displaced person, displacement
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Example sentences from the Web for dispiteous

  • 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
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