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Despiteful

adjective
1.
Showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite.  Synonyms: spiteful, vindictive.  "A truly spiteful child" , "A vindictive man will look for occasions for resentment"






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... virgin pure is Justice, and her birth August from him who rules the heavens and earth— A creature glorious to the gods on high, Whose mansion is yon everlasting sky. Driven by despiteful wrong she takes her seat, In lowly grief, at Jove's eternal feet. There of the soul unjust her plaints ascend: So rue the nations when their kings offend— When, uttering wiles and brooding thoughts of ill, ...
— Mosaics of Grecian History • Marcius Willson and Robert Pierpont Willson



Words linked to "Despiteful" :   malicious, vindictive



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