'Despiteful' definitions:
Definition of 'despiteful'
(from WordNet)
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: despiteful, spiteful, vindictive]
Definition of 'Despiteful'
From: GCIDE
- Despiteful \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. [1913 Webster]
- Haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters. --Rom. i. 30. [1913 Webster]
- Pray for them which despitefully use you. --Matt. v. 44. [1913 Webster]
- Let us examine him with despitefulness and fortune. --Book of Wisdom ii. 19. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'despiteful'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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