dispiteousadj.

/dɪˈspɪtiːəs/

Etymology: A revival or continuation of the 16th cent. dispiteous , variant of despiteous adj. (see for earlier instances), related to despite ; but in later use analysed as < dis- prefix 2e + piteous adv.

Pitiless, merciless.

ΘΠ

the mind > emotion > compassion > pitilessness > [adjective]

ruthlessc1330

unpiteousa1393

pitilessa1450

unpitifulc1449

unbowelled1592

unpitying1597

brassy1600

tearless1603

incompassionate1611

heartbound1614

uncompassionatea1616

illachrymable1623

compassionless1625

bowelless1649

incomplexionate1660

uncompassionatinga1711

dispiteous1803

pulseless1820

inhumane1822

impiteous1877

1803 W. S. Rose tr. Amadis de Gaule 82 The felon wreck'd dispiteous wrong and shame.

1818 H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang. Dispiteous, malicious, furious.

1845 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 57 638 This dispiteous and abominable tyrant.

1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters xiv. 357 The wages he receives are as dispiteous, for he is devoured by a beast.

1865 A. C. Swinburne Phædra in Poems & Ballads 81 The most dispiteous out of all the gods.

Derivatives

diˈspiteously adv.

1818 H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang. Dispiteously, maliciously, without pity.

diˈspiteousness n.

ΘΠ

the mind > emotion > compassion > pitilessness > [noun]

unpiteousnessc1400

unruthc1425

unpity1447

inhumanity1477

unpitifulness1526

incompassionateness1621

incompassion1627

pitilessness1682

ruthlessness1777

dispiteousness1861

uncompassionateness1862

1861 D. G. Rossetti tr. Mazzeo di Ricco in Early Ital. Poets 57 Certes, it was of Love's dispiteousness That I must set my life On thee.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	dispiteous
释义	dispiteousadj. /dɪˈspɪtiːəs/ Etymology: A revival or continuation of the 16th cent. dispiteous , variant of despiteous adj. (see for earlier instances), related to despite ; but in later use analysed as < dis- prefix 2e + piteous adv. Pitiless, merciless. ΘΠ the mind > emotion > compassion > pitilessness > [adjective] ruthlessc1330 unpiteousa1393 pitilessa1450 unpitifulc1449 unbowelled1592 unpitying1597 brassy1600 tearless1603 incompassionate1611 heartbound1614 uncompassionatea1616 illachrymable1623 compassionless1625 bowelless1649 incomplexionate1660 uncompassionatinga1711 dispiteous1803 pulseless1820 inhumane1822 impiteous1877 1803 W. S. Rose tr. Amadis de Gaule 82 The felon wreck'd dispiteous wrong and shame. 1818 H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang. Dispiteous, malicious, furious. 1845 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 57 638 This dispiteous and abominable tyrant. 1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters xiv. 357 The wages he receives are as dispiteous, for he is devoured by a beast. 1865 A. C. Swinburne Phædra in Poems & Ballads 81 The most dispiteous out of all the gods. Derivatives diˈspiteously adv. Π 1818 H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang. Dispiteously, maliciously, without pity. diˈspiteousness n. ΘΠ the mind > emotion > compassion > pitilessness > [noun] unpiteousnessc1400 unruthc1425 unpity1447 inhumanity1477 unpitifulness1526 incompassionateness1621 incompassion1627 pitilessness1682 ruthlessness1777 dispiteousness1861 uncompassionateness1862 1861 D. G. Rossetti tr. Mazzeo di Ricco in Early Ital. Poets 57 Certes, it was of Love's dispiteousness That I must set my life On thee. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.1803
随便看	to be no newings to be no oil painting to be no respecter of persons to be no small drink to be no spring chicken to be no starter to be no stranger to be no substitute for to be no way but one to be no worse than one's word to be nobody's business to be nobody's enemy but one's own to be none of a person's business to be not as green as one is cabbage-looking to be not as green as one is cabbagelooking to be not doing for one's health to be not doing something for one's health to be not nought to charge to be not to charge to be not to know to be nothing to to be nought to be nowhere to be nowt o'clock to be nuts on