spite

Definition of Spite in English :

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Noun

1. malice, maliciousness, spite, spitefulness, venom

feeling a need to see others suffer

2. bitchiness, cattiness, nastiness, spite, spitefulness

malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty

Verb

3. bruise, hurt, injure, offend, spite, wound

hurt the feelings of

Example Sentences:
'She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests'
'This remark really bruised my ego'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Spite

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noun

1.

maliciousness involving the desire to harm another; venomous ill will

2.

an instance of such malice; grudge

3. archaic

something that induces vexation

4. in spite of

verb (transitive)

5.

to annoy in order to vent spite

6. archaic

to offend

Spite

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noun

1.

a.

a mean or evil feeling toward another, characterized by the inclination to hurt, humiliate, annoy, frustrate, etc.; ill will; malice

b.

an instance of this; a grudge

2. Obsolete

something annoying or irritating

verb transitiveWord forms: ˈspited or ˈspiting

3.

to behave in a spiteful manner toward; vent one's spite upon by hurting, annoying, frustrating, etc.

Spite

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n.

Malicious ill will prompting an urge to hurt or humiliate another person.

tr.v. spit·ed, spit·ing, spites

To treat with spite; show spite toward: "Maybe she became engaged to him in order to spite another man" (Nathaniel West).

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