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spite
[spahyt] 
noun, verb, spit⋅ed, spit⋅ing.–noun
| 1. | a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice. |
| 2. | a particular instance of such an attitude or action; grudge. |
| 3. | Obsolete. something that causes vexation; annoyance. |
–verb (used with object)
—Idioms| 4. | to treat with spite or malice. |
| 5. | to annoy or thwart, out of spite. |
| 6. | to fill with spite; vex; offend. |
| 7. | cut off one's nose to spite one's face. nose (def. 23). |
| 8. | in spite of, in disregard or defiance of; notwithstanding; despite: She arrived at school on time in spite of the snowstorm. |
Related forms:
spiteless, adjective
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| spite (spīt) n.
[Middle English, short for despit; see despite.] |
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Spite
Spite\, n. [Abbreviated fr. despite.]1. Ill-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; petty malice; grudge; rancor; despite. --Pope. This is the deadly spite that angers. --Shak. 2. Vexation; chargrin; mortification. [R.] --Shak. In spite of, or Spite of, in opposition to all efforts of; in defiance or contempt of; notwithstanding. "Continuing, spite of pain, to use a knee after it had been slightly ibnjured." --H. Spenser. "And saved me in spite of the world, the devil, and myself." --South. "In spite of all applications, the patient grew worse every day." --Arbuthnot. See Syn. under Notwithstanding. To owe one a spite, to entertain a mean hatred for him. Syn: Pique, rancor; malevolence; grudge. Usage: Spite, Malice. Malice has more reference to the disposition, and spite to the manifestation of it in words and actions. It is, therefore, meaner than malice, thought not always more criminal. " Malice . . . is more frequently employed to express the dispositions of inferior minds to execute every purpose of mischief within the more limited circle of their abilities." --Cogan. "Consider eke, that spite availeth naught." --Wyatt. See Pique.Spite
Spite\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spited; p. pr. & vb. n. Spiting.]1. To be angry at; to hate. [Obs.] The Danes, then . . . pagans, spited places of religion. --Fuller. 2. To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart. 3. To fill with spite; to offend; to vex. [R.] Darius, spited at the Magi, endeavored to abolish not only their learning, but their language. --Sir. W. Temple.
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Language Translation for : spite
Spanish:
rencor,
German:
die Boshaftigkeit,
Japanese:
悪意
spite (n.)
c.1300, shortened form of despit "malice" (see despite). Corresponding to M.Du. spijt, M.L.G. spyt, M.Swed. spit. Commonly spelled spight c.1575-1700. The verb is attested from c.1400. Phrase in spite of is recorded from c.1400.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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spite
see in spite of.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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