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Despiteful

Despiteful Meaning & Definition
Despiteful Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Despiteful?

[adj] showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite; "a despiteful fiend"; "a truly spiteful child"; "a vindictive man will look for occasions for resentment"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Despiteful: malicious | spiteful | vindictive

Related Terms | Find terms related to Despiteful: acrid | antagonistic | antipathetic | belligerent | bitchy | bitter | cattish | catty | caustic | clashing | colliding | conflicting | detestable | evil | full of hate | hateful | hostile | malevolent | malicious | malignant | quarrelsome | rancorous | repugnant | set against | sore | spiteful | unlikable | venomous | vicious | virulent | vitriolic | wicked

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Despiteful In Webster's Dictionary

\De*spite"ful\, a. [See {Despite}, and cf. {Spiteful}.] Full of despite; expressing malice or contemptuous hate; malicious. -- {De*spite"ful*ly}, adv. -- {De*spite"ful*ness}, n. Haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters. --Rom. i. 30. Pray for them which despitefully use you. --Matt. v. 44. Let us examine him with despitefulness and fortune. --Book of Wisdom ii. 19.

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