despiteful

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Thus far I had choked down my swelling rage at her faithlessness, her vanity, her despiteful entreatment of my master's plight.

From Helmet of Navarre by Runkle, Bertha

For slight is of three kinds, as stated in Rhet. ii, 2, viz. "contempt," "despiteful treatment," i.e. hindering one from doing one's will, and "insolence": and all motives of anger are reduced to these three.

From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

It is rather that under modern civilised conditions, and among a people governed by sentiments of humanity and equity, the stranger within our gates suffers no obloquy and no despiteful usage for being a stranger.

From An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation by Veblen, Thorstein

"Heard you ever, my lords, a more despiteful and treasonable letter?"

From John Knox by Taylor, William M. (William Mackergo)

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