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Meanings of despiteful in English

Showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite.

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Examples for "vindictive"
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It's difficult to work up the energy to be vindictive these days.
Dante's numbers
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The manners of Arthur were formal; his tastes moral; his temper vindictive.
The History of Tasmania, Volume I
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August 22:-Veryprofane and vindictive in his accusations towards the prison officials.
Studies in Forensic Psychiatry
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The presumption did not breed fear; it bred wrath, hot and vindictive.
The Taming of Red Butte Western
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The vindictive designs of the King against the Church were not accomplished.
The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume ...
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He wasn't mean or spiteful, just irresponsible and young for his age.
Impossible
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Helen Garner: 'I used to feel spiteful because I never won prizes.
The Guardian
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I hadn't come this far to bow down to a spiteful machine.
Sharper than a serpent's tooth
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Suddenly the top of the carriage replied with spiteful flashes of red.
The Puppet Crown
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She takes the highest moral ground, in a tone of spiteful politeness.
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Usage of despiteful in English
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Very despiteful are they against us, and purpose to work us bitter mischief.
Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut
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The young scoundrel has a puissant sword and despiteful ire.'
Carried Off: A Story of Pirate Times
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It was a habit of mind-theonly revenge that I could take upon despiteful Fate.
The Inheritors
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Hatred breeds hatred again, and things despiteful are done to those who despitefully use you.
Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut
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We suffer not only the insults of a single nation, but despiteful use by all idolaters.
The Yoke / A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Chil...
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Were His enemies never so many, and never so despiteful against Him, yet He sall rule in the midst of them.
The Covenants And The Covenanters / Covenants, Sermons, and Docu...
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Thus far I had choked down my swelling rage at her faithlessness, her vanity, her despiteful entreatment of my master's plight.
The Helmet of Navarre
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Canst thou forget to take revenge of those wild people who have defaced my monument in a despiteful manner, disdaining our antiquities and honorable customs?
The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon
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Despiteful through the time