despiteful

Meanings

• Showing contempt or disrespect; unfriendly or hostile.

  - "She was spiteful towards her former colleagues."
  - "Despite his spiteful behavior, she still tried to be friendly towards him."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with despiteful
apples , bottles , copies , hospitals , jars , kettles , libraries , museums , nursing homes , ovens , pots , pans , preserves , repositories , retreats , roasters , stoves , tables , tanks , testaments , texts , timelines , treasuries , trusts , tropes , treatises , trials , triumphs , turmoils , tutelages

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Variants

List of all variants of despiteful that leads to same result
despiteful , despitefully , despitefulness , despitefulnesses

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Etymology

origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

From Middle English despiten, despiten (verb, past participle), from Old French despit, from des-, dis- 'apart' + pitie 'pity'.

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