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PRONUNCIATION OF DESPITEOUS

despiteous  [dɪˈspɪtɪəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DESPITEOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Despiteous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DESPITEOUS


beauteous
ˈbjuːtɪəs
bounteous
ˈbaʊntɪəs
combustious
kəmˈbʌstɪəs
courteous
ˈkɜːtɪəs
discourteous
dɪsˈkɜːtɪəs
dispiteous
dɪsˈpɪtɪəs
duteous
ˈdjuːtɪəs
feateous
ˈfiːtɪəs
Grotius
ˈɡrəʊtɪəs
lacteous
ˈlæktɪəs
luteous
ˈluːtɪəs
piteous
ˈpɪtɪəs
plenteous
ˈplɛntɪəs
pluteus
ˈpluːtɪəs
popliteus
pɒpˈlɪtɪəs
Proteus
ˈprəʊtɪəs
sestertius
sɛˈstɜːtɪəs
tierce
tɪəs
uncourteous
ʌnˈkɜːtɪəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DESPITEOUS

despicability
despicable
despicableness
despicably
despiritualise
despiritualize
despisable
despisal
despise
despisedness
despisement
despiser
despisingly
despite
despiteful
despitefully
despitefulness
despiteously
despoil
despoiler

WORDS THAT END LIKE DESPITEOUS

advantageous
aqueous
courageous
curvaceous
cutaneous
erroneous
gaseous
gorgeous
heterogeneous
hideous
homogeneous
instantaneous
miscellaneous
outrageous
righteous
self-righteous
simultaneous
spontaneous
subcutaneous
unrighteous

Synonyms and antonyms of despiteous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «despiteous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DESPITEOUS

Find out the translation of despiteous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of despiteous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «despiteous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

despiteous
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

despiteous
570 millions of speakers

English

despiteous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

despiteous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

despiteous
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

despiteous
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

despiteous
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

despiteous
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

despiteous
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bersungut-sungut
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

despiteous
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

despiteous
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

despiteous
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sengaja
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

despiteous
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

despiteous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गैरवाजवी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

despiteous
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

despiteous
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

despiteous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

despiteous
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

despiteous
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

despiteous
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hatelijk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

despiteous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

despiteous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of despiteous

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DESPITEOUS»

The term «despiteous» is used very little and occupies the 153.674 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of despiteous
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DESPITEOUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about despiteous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DESPITEOUS»

Discover the use of despiteous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to despiteous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Encyclopaedia perthensis, or, Universal dictionary of the ...
The knight of the red-cross, when him he spy'd Spurring so hot with rage despiteous, 'Gain fairly couch his spear. Fairy Quern. Turning despiteous torture out of door. Shak. * DESPITEOUSLY. adv. [from despiteous.} In a furious manner : not in ...
2
Faerie Queene Book Four
steeleheaded launce, And eft auentring his steeleheaded launce, Andeft auentring his steeleheaded launce, Againsther rAgainst herrAgainst her rAgainsther r Against her rode, full of despiteousir ode, full of despiteous irode, fullof despiteous ...
Spenser, Edmund, 2013
3
The works of Edmund Spenser, ed. by J.P. Collier
Edmund Spenser John Payne Collier. Nathlesse it fell with so despiteous dreare b And heavie sway, that hard unto his crowne The shield it drove, and did the covering reare. Therewith both Squire and dwarfe did tomble downe Unto the earth, ...
Edmund Spenser, John Payne Collier, 1862
4
Faerie queene. book III
Who, thrusting boldly twixt him and the blow, The burden of the deadly brunt did beare Upon his shield, which lightly he did throw Over his head, before the harme came neare : Nathlesse it fell with so despiteous dreare 2 And heavie sway, ...
Edmund Spenser, George Stillman Hillard, Philip Masterman, 1845
5
Chronicles:England,Scotland(6vl): Chro.Eng.Scot.Etc 6v
... and riuilie slaine and miirthere , their bodies cast God wot where, by the cruell ambition of their vnnaturall vncle and his despiteous tormeiitors. Which things on euerie part well pondered, God neuer gaue this world a more notable example, ...
Holinshead,, 2013
6
Poetical works
And most uniust ; that, by unrighteous And wicked doome, to Iewes despiteous 5 Delivered up the Lord of Life to dye, And did acquite a murdrer felonous ; The whiles my handes I washt in purity, The whiles my soule was soyld with fowle ...
Edmund Spenser, George Stillman Hillard, 1857
7
The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser in Five Volumes
Deserive, describe: Despiteous, spiteful, malicious. Dessignment, plot, conspiracy. Desse, a seat. Devueful, full of rare devices or invention. Devoir, duty. Diapase, a term in music including all tones. Dight, to order, prepare, dress, adorn. Dilate ...
Edmund Spenser, 1825
8
The poetical works of Edmund Spenser
And most uniust ; that, by unrighteous And wicked dooine, to Iewes despiteous 5 Delivered up the Lord of Life to dye, And did acquite a murdrer felonous ; The whiles my handes I washt in purity, The whiles my soule was soyld with fowle ...
Edmund Spenser, George Stillman Hillard, Philip Masterman, 1853
9
Faerie queene. book III-V
And most uniust; that, by unrighteous And wicked doome, to Iewes despiteous 5 Delivered up the Lord of Life to dye, And did acquite a murdrer felonous ; The whiles my handes I washt in purity, The whiles my soule was soyld with fowle ...
Edmund Spenser, George Stillman Hillard, 1842
10
The riches of Chaucer: in which his impurities have been ...
196 To Troy is come this woful Troilus In sorrow ahoven all sorrowes smart, With felon look and with face despiteous,* Then snddenly down from his horse he start , And through his palace with a swollen heart To chamher went ; of nothing took ...
Geoffrey Chaucer, Charles Cowden Clarke, 1839

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Despiteous [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/despiteous>. Apr 2024 ».
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