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# despectus **Type:** Etymological root **Language:** Latin **Slug:** despectus ## Words From This Root - despiteful - (archaic) full of spite; malicious - despect - contempt or disregard (archaic) - spiteful - showing or motivated by a desire to hurt or offend
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despiteful
C2+
/dɪˈspaɪtfəl/
(archaic) full of spite; malicious
despect
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/dɪˈspɛkt/
contempt or disregard (archaic)
spiteful
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/ˈspaɪtfəl/
showing or motivated by a desire to hurt or offend
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