despiteful
despiteful · more despiteful · most despiteful
Full of despite; expressing malice or contemptuous hateFull of despite; expressing malice or contemptuous hate.
Meaning
1 senses(archaic)Full of despite; expressing malice or contemptuous hate.
More definitions
- showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite
Origin
From despite + -ful.From despite + -ful.
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Forms
more despiteful, most despiteful| Comparative | more despiteful Lesson |
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| Superlative | most despiteful Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite:spitefulvindictive
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form