Despiteful

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Despiteful \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.
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           Haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters. --Rom. i.
                                                    30.
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           Pray for them which despitefully use you. --Matt. v.
                                                    44.
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           Let us examine him with despitefulness and fortune.
                                                    --Book of
                                                    Wisdom ii. 19.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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" [syn: {spiteful}, {vindictive}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  32 Moby Thesaurus words for "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