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[syn: despiteful, spiteful, vindictive]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
Haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters. --Rom. i.
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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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
despiteful
adj 1: 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: despiteful, spiteful,
vindictive]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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