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单词 despitefully
释义

despiteful

adjective

de·​spite·​ful di-ˈspīt-fəl How to pronounce despiteful (audio)
: expressing malice or hate
despitefully
di-ˈspīt-fə-lē How to pronounce despiteful (audio)
adverb
despitefulness noun

Synonyms

  • bad [slang]
  • bitchy
  • catty
  • cruel
  • hateful
  • malevolent
  • malicious
  • malign
  • malignant
  • mean
  • nasty
  • spiteful
  • vicious
  • virulent
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Example Sentences

despiteful treatment of his poor relations during their visit

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

despitefully

adverb

as in hatefully
in a mean or spiteful manner a theater critic known for his despitefully negative reviews

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • hatefully
  • villainously
  • spitefully
  • maliciously
  • bitterly
  • viciously
  • malignantly
  • nastily
  • malevolently
  • wickedly
  • hostilely
  • virulently
  • disagreeably
  • venomously
  • cattily
  • disdainfully
  • contemptuously
  • meanly
  • bitchily
  • scornfully
  • vindictively
  • resentfully
  • invidiously
  • unfeelingly
  • vituperatively
  • cruelly
  • unkindly
  • heartlessly
  • mercilessly
  • pitilessly
  • caustically
  • antagonistically
  • callously
  • ruthlessly
  • obnoxiously
  • balefully
  • enviously
  • jealously
  • ungraciously
  • inhumanely
  • rancorously
  • acrimoniously
  • insensitively
  • felly
  • envyingly
  • ill
  • soullessly
  • hard-heartedly
  • kindlessly
  • diabolically
  • deprecatingly
  • fiendishly
  • evil-mindedly
  • caddishly
  • inconsiderately
  • misanthropically
  • thoughtlessly
  • ill-naturedly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • kindly
  • benignantly
  • benevolently
  • cordially
  • agreeably
  • graciously
  • pleasantly
  • nicely
  • amiably
  • affably
  • genially
  • lovingly
  • feelingly
  • kindheartedly
  • good-heartedly
  • considerately
  • humanely
  • thoughtfully
  • solicitously
  • altruistically
  • sensitively
  • mercifully
  • sympathetically
  • gently
  • tenderly
  • good-humoredly
  • compassionately
  • good-naturedly
  • soulfully
  • sweetly
  • divinely
  • angelically
  • softheartedly
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