DESPITEFUL


Meaning of DESPITEFUL in English

— despitefully , adv. — despitefulness , n.

/di spuyt"feuhl/ , adj.

1. malicious; spiteful.

2. Obs. contemptuous; insolent.

[ 1400-50; late ME. See DESPITE, -FUL ]

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