˜yÐÄvlog

Advertisement

Advertisement

dispiteous

[ dis-pit-ee-uhs ]

adjective

Archaic.
  1. malicious; cruel; pitiless.


Discover More

Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • »å¾±²õ·±è¾±³ÙÄ·´Ç³Ü²õ·±ô²â adverb
  • »å¾±²õ·±è¾±³ÙÄ·´Ç³Ü²õ·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
Discover More

˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of dispiteous1

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

Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

Turning dispiteous torture out of door?

From

Be but as sweet as is the bitterest, The most dispiteous out of all the gods, I am well pleased.

From

This dispiteous and abominable tyrant prohibits the bodies of the warriors fallen in the celebrated siege of that city from burial.

From

Aeneas was our king, foremost of men in righteousness, incomparable in goodness as in warlike arms; whom if fate still preserves, if he draws the breath of heaven and lies not yet low in dispiteous gloom, fear we have none; nor mayest thou repent of challenging the contest of service.

From

The second thought made plain the dispiteous hardness of it all, showing me how I had reasoned like a boy in planning for retrieval.

From

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement