Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for despiteful
Adjective
  • The best way to safeguard against malicious links that install malware, potentially accessing your private information, is to have strong antivirus software installed on all your devices.
    Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 23 Mar. 2025
  • These methods can easily miss deeper behavioral indicators that would signal a malicious payload lurking beneath the surface.
    Alex Vakulov, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • In Season 2, a cruel winter brings new challenges and unfinished business to Jacob (Harrison Ford) and Cara (Helen Mirren) back at Dutton ranch.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Michael, in a filmed conversation with Grace, claimed that his ex-wife had manipulated him and was cruel to Natalia.
    Fortesa Latifi, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • This creates a vicious cycle: more applications lead to lower acceptance rates, triggering even more applications from worried students.
    Sarah Hernholm, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
  • However, some people develop unhelpful habits and ways of thinking about sleep that create a vicious cycle, said Krieger, who is also director of the Center for Sleep Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian.
    Sandee LaMotte, CNN, 19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Beauvais’ comments about fan support are likely in reference to the support she’s received when clashing with her castmates, as well as in season 12, when her teenage son experienced hateful online backlash.
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Mar. 2025
  • This group includes canola, corn, cottonseed, grapeseed, rice bran, soybean, safflower, and sunflower oils. Skepticism of the hateful eight stems from the production process of many seed oils, which uses mechanical or chemical treatment.
    Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 20 Mar. 2025
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“Despiteful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/despiteful. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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