[spahyt] 
noun, verb, spit⋅ed, spit⋅ing.| 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. |
| 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. |
