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despiteful

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

Full of despite; expressing malice or contemptuous hate.

archaic

Examples

“The Londoners seeing that they could get⟳ no vantage against the duke, who was without their reach⟳, to bewreak their anger they took his arms, which in most despiteful wise they hanged up in the open⟳ places of the city in sign⟳ of reproach, as for a traitor; […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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