despiteful
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As goddesses your swelling wrath on men, Nor make the friendly earth despiteful to them.
From The House of Atreus by E. D. A. (Edmund Doidge Anderson) Morshead
He saw in her but the despiteful, revengeful handmaid; he forgot that she was an injured wife—a neglected mother.
From Notable Women of Olden Time by Anonymous
But when Theseus heard the story, he straightened himself up, so that he seemed taller than ever before; and as for his face it was indignant, despiteful, bold, tender, and compassionate, all in one look.
From Tanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Were His enemies never so many, and never so despiteful against Him, yet He sall rule in the midst of them.
From The Covenants And The Covenanters Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation by James Kerr
Prime youth lasts not, age will follow And make white those tresses yellow; Wrinkled face, for looks delightful, Shall acquaint the dame despiteful.
From Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age by A. H. (Arthur Henry) Bullen
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