Meaning of DESPITEFUL
| Pronunciation: | | di'spItful
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| | Definition: | | [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" |
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| | Synonyms: | | malicious, spiteful, vindictive |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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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