Thesaurus: despiteful
Full of despite; expressing malice or contemptuous hate; malicious.
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Definitions
- a. Full of despite; expressing malice or contemptuous hate; malicious.
- adj. showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite
- 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.
- 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 Wisdomii. 19.
- s. showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite