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Webster 1913 Edition


Dispiteous

Dis-pit′e-ous

,
Adj.
[Pref.
dis-
+
piteous
. Cf.
Despiteous
.]
Full of despite; cruel; spiteful; pitiless.
Spenser.
Dis-pit′e-ous-ly
,
adv.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Dispiteous

DISPITEOUS

,
Adj.
Having no pity; cruel; furious. [Not used.]

Definition 2024


dispiteous

dispiteous

English

Adjective

dispiteous (comparative more dispiteous, superlative most dispiteous)

  1. Without mercy or pity; pitiless, cruel.
    • 1911, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson:
      “The unerring owls have hooted. The dispiteous and humorous gods have spoken.”

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