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despiteful

[ dih-spahyt-fuhl ]

adjective

  1. malicious; spiteful.
  2. Obsolete. contemptuous; insolent.


despiteful

/ dɪˈspɪtɪəs; dɪˈspaɪtfʊl /

adjective

  1. an archaic word for spiteful
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • »å±ðˈ²õ±è¾±³Ù±ð´Ú³Ü±ô±ô²â, adverb
  • »å±ðˈ²õ±è¾±³Ù±ð´Ú³Ü±ô²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • »å±ð·²õ±è¾±³Ù±ðf³Ü±ô·±ô²â adverb
  • »å±ð·²õ±è¾±³Ù±ðf³Ü±ô·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of despiteful1

1400–50; late Middle English. See despite, -ful
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Further, as a Castilian gentleman, do you agree with the author’s most despiteful entreatment of that sweet sex for whose sake all romances were written?

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From this their punishment, the heathens, who turned every thing into mockery, gave all Christians the despiteful name of Sarmentitii and Semaxii*.

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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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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.

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"Heard you ever, my lords, a more despiteful and treasonable letter?"

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