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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.
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