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1. (n.) spite
a malicious, usu. petty desire to harm, annoy, or humiliate another person; malice.
2. spite
a particular instance of such an attitude or action; grudge.
3. spite
Obs. something that causes vexation; annoyance.
4. (v.t.) spite
to treat with spite or malice.
5. spite
to annoy or thwart, out of spite.
6. spite
to fill with spite; vex; offend.
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) malice, maliciousness, spite, spitefulness, venom
feeling a need to see others suffer
2. (verb) cattiness, bitchiness, spite, spitefulness, nastiness
malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
3. (verb) hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite
hurt the feelings of
"She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego"
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1. (noun) spite
in spite of
although sth else has happened or is true; = despite
I believed him, in spite of the fact that he had lied before.
2. spite
a feeling of wanting to upset sb
She's telling lies about me out of spite.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) spite
ill-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; petty malice; grudge; rancor; despite
2. (noun) spite
vexation; chargrin; mortification
3. (verb) spite
to be angry at; to hate
4. (verb) spite
to treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart
5. (verb) spite
to fill with spite; to offend; to vex
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Sense: ill-will or desire to hurt or offend
She neglected to give him the message out of spite.
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 Afrikaans: nyd |
 Arabic: حِقْد، ضَغينَه |
 Bulgarian: злоба |
 Brazilian: despeito |
 Czech: zášť |
 German: die Boshaftigkeit |
 Danish: ondskab |
 Greek: μοχθηρία, κακία |
 Spanish: rencor |
 Estonian: kius |
 Farsi: دشمني؛ كينه |
 Finnish: pahansuopuus |
 French: rancune |
 Hebrew: זָדוֹן |
 Hindi: द्वेष-विद्वेष, मनमुटाव, ग |
 Croatian: zloba, prkos |
 Hungarian: rosszakarat |
 Indonesian: itikad buruk |
 Icelandic: illgirni |
 Italian: dispetto; rancore |
 Japanese: 悪意 |
 Korean: 악의 |
 Lithuanian: pikta valia, pyktis |
 Latvian: spīts |
 Malay: rasa busuk hati |
 Dutch: kwaadaardigheid |
 Norwegian: ondskap, smålighet |
 Polish: złośliwość |
 Persian: دشمني؛ كينه |
 Pashto: كينه، رخه |
 Portuguese: despeito |
 Romanian: ranchiună |
 Russian: злоба |
 Slovak: závisť, nevraživosť, prie |
 Slovenian: škodoželjnost |
 Serbian: inat |
 Swedish: ondska, illvilja |
 Thai: เจตนาร้าย |
 Turkish: kin, garaz |
 Taiwanese: 惡意 |
 Ukrainian: злість, злоба |
 Urdu: بغض، بدخواہی |
 Vietnamese: mối hận thù, sự giận |
 Chinese: 恶意 |
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