Definitions for despiteful

despiteful de·spite·ful

Spelling: [dih-spahyt-fuh l]
IPA: /dɪˈspaɪt fəl/

Despiteful is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 609 anagrams from letters in despiteful (deefilpstu).

Definitions for despiteful

adjective

  1. malicious; spiteful.
  2. Obsolete. contemptuous; insolent.

Origin of despiteful

1400-50; late Middle English. See despite, -ful

Examples for despiteful

Were His enemies never so many, and never so despiteful against Him, yet He sall rule in the midst of them.

He saw in her but the despiteful, revengeful handmaid; he forgot that she was an injured wife—a neglected mother.

O false death, how injurious and despiteful hast thou been to me!

Driven by despiteful wrong she takes her seat, In lowly grief, at Jove's eternal feet.

But, as I told him, his despiteful mood Is ornament well suits the breast that wears it.

Word Value for despiteful
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Words with friends

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