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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Despiteful \De*spite"ful\, adjective [See {Despite}, and cf. {Spiteful}.] Full of despite; expressing malice or contemptuous hate; malicious. -- {De*spite"ful*ly}, adverb -- {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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
despiteful
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" [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
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