despiteful
Example Sentences
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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 Charles Morris
It was a habit of mind—the only revenge that I could take upon despiteful Fate.
From The Inheritors by Joseph Conrad
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
The servant, despiteful most like for that he had never availed to drink of the wine, took a great flagon, which when Cisti saw, 'My son,' said he, 'Messer Geri sent thee not to me.'
From The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by John Payne
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
