DESPITEFUL

despiteful, spiteful, vindictive

(adjective) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

despiteful (comparative more despiteful, superlative most despiteful)

Full of despite; expressing malice or contemptuous hate.

Source: Wiktionary


De*spite"ful, a. Etym: [See Despite, and cf. Spiteful.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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