Synonyms & related words for despiteful

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of despiteful — including spiteful, malicious, cattish, malevolent, hateful, vicious. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to despiteful

Explore words related to despiteful — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include vindictive, venomed, revengeful, unrevengeful, despitefully, cattishly, revengefully, vengeful. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for despiteful

Common synonyms for despiteful include spiteful, malicious, cattish, malevolent, hateful, vicious, wicked, bitchy — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does despiteful come from?

The word despiteful breaks down into 3 roots of Latin and Old English origin: de-, from Latin de (“down”); spite, from Latin specere (“to look (at with contempt)”); and -ful, from Old English full (“full of”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.