| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Full of despite; cruel; spiteful; pitiless.[Websters]
2. Being cruel, ruthless, merciless, brutal or truculent. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being relentless, remorseless, pitiless, unmerciful or unrelenting. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being uncharitable or unchristian. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb dispiteously.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (dispiteously) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective dispiteous.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "DISPITEOUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1590. (references) |
| Note: Dispiteous \Dis*pit"e*ous\, adjective. [Prefix dis- piteous. Compare to Despiteous.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: DISPITEOUS
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adjective] Having no pity; cruel; furious.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Adjective] Despiteous. (references) | 2: [Adjective] Spiteful; malevolent; cruel. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
