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despiteful
[ dih-spahyt-fuhl ]
adjective
- malicious; spiteful.
- Obsolete. contemptuous; insolent.
despiteful
/ dɪˈspɪtɪəs; dɪˈspaɪtfʊl /
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Derived Forms
- deˈspitefully, adverb
- deˈspitefulness, noun
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Other Words From
- de·spiteful·ly adverb
- de·spiteful·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of despiteful1
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Example Sentences
Driven by despiteful wrong she takes her seat, In lowly grief, at Jove's eternal feet.
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But, as I told him, his despiteful mood Is ornament well suits the breast that wears it.
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He saw in her but the despiteful, revengeful handmaid; he forgot that she was an injured wife—a neglected mother.
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It is true, the triumph of your evil star is exceedingly despiteful.
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If Hor or Horus was the sun at his height, he too had suffered despiteful usage from his enemies.
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