despiteful
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Further, as a Castilian gentleman, do you agree with the author’s most despiteful entreatment of that sweet sex for whose sake all romances were written?
From Legends & Romances of Spain by Lewis Spence
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 A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales For girls and boys by Nathaniel Hawthorne
It is in the very nature of poetical justice that it satisfies the emotions, and I was not displeased to see affairs take this sudden turn, to view the hard and despiteful heart thus humbled.
From Schwartz: A History From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray by David Christie Murray
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
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
