Hypertext Webster Gateway: "despiteful"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
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) 1.7 (wn)
despiteful
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" [syn: {spiteful}, {vindictive}]
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