despiteful

Example Sentences

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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 Payne, John

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

If Hor or Horus was the sun at his height, he too had suffered despiteful usage from his enemies.

From Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Lang, Andrew

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 Hawthorne, Nathaniel

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