English Explanatory Dictionary

dispiteous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Not showing mercy or pity.

Word forms

dispiteous more dispiteous most dispiteous

Etymology

Variant of despiteous, later reanalysed as dis- + piteous.

Synonyms

cruel impiteous merciless pitiless ruthless unpitying

Derived words

dispiteously dispiteousness
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