despitefulness

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despitefulness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Despiteful \De*spite"ful\, a. [See Despite, and cf.
     Spiteful.]
     Full of despite; expressing malice or contemptuous hate;
     malicious. -- De*spite"ful*ly, adv. -- De*spite"ful*ness,
     n.
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           Haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters. --Rom. i.
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           Pray for them which despitefully use you. --Matt. v.
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           Let us examine him with despitefulness and fortune.
                                                    --Book of
                                                    Wisdom ii. 19.
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