despiteful
Example Sentences
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"Heard you ever, my lords, a more despiteful and treasonable letter?"
From John Knox by Taylor, William M. (William Mackergo)
As goddesses your swelling wrath on men, Nor make the friendly earth despiteful to them.
From The House of Atreus by Morshead, E. D. A. (Edmund Doidge Anderson)
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
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
Alas!" cried the king, "that you should ask me so despiteful a boon.
From Historic Tales, Vol. XIII (of 15), Part I The Romance of Reality. King Arthur by Morris, Charles
