Spite in English dictionary

  • spite

    Meanings and definitions of "Spite"

    • Ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; a desire to vex or injure; petty malice; grudge; rancor.
    • Vexation; chagrin; mortification.
    • (transitive) (obsolete) To be angry at; to hate.
    • (transitive) To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart.
    • (transitive) To fill with spite; to offend; to vex.
    • noun
      Ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; a desire to vex or injure; petty malice; grudge; rancor.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      Vexation; chagrin; mortification.
    • adposition
      Notwithstanding; despite.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart.
    • verb
      (transitive, obsolete)
      To be angry at; to hate.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To fill with spite; to offend; to vex.
    • ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
    • vexation, chagrin, mortification
    • to treat maliciously
    • noun
      feeling a need to see others suffer
    • noun
      malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
    • verb
      hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego"

    Synonyms of "Spite" in English dictionary

    raise, provoke, malevolency are the top synonyms of "Spite" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of Spite

    • spite ( third-person singular simple present spites, present participle spiting, simple past and past participle spited)
    • spite ( usually uncountable;  plural  spites)
    • spite (usually uncountable, plural spites)
    • spite (third-person singular simple present spites, present participle spiting, simple past and past participle spited)
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