Definitions for Spite
spaɪtspite

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. malice, maliciousness, spite, spitefulness, venomnoun

   feeling a need to see others suffer

2. cattiness, bitchiness, spite, spitefulness, nastinessverb

   malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty

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

   hurt the feelings of

   "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. spitenoun

   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.

2. spitenoun

   Vexation; chagrin; mortification.

3. spiteverb

   To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart.

   She soon married again, to spite her ex-husband.

4. spiteverb

   To be angry at; to hate.

   The Danes, then pagans, spited places of religion. uE000116154uE001 Fuller.

5. spite

   To fill with spite; to offend; to vex.

   Darius, spited at the Magi, endeavoured to abolish not only their learning, but their language. uE000116155uE001 Sir. W. Temple.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SPITEnoun

   Etymology: spijt, Dutch; despit, French.

   1. Malice; rancour; hate; malignity; malevolence.

   This breeding rather spite than shame in her, or, if it were a shame, a shame not of the fault, but of the repulse, she did thirst for a revenge. Philip Sidney.

   Bewray they did their inward boiling spite,
   Each stirring others to revenge their cause. Daniel.

   Done all to spite
   The great Creator; but their spite still serves
   His glory to augment. John Milton, Paradise Lost.

   Be gone, ye criticks, and restrain your spite,
   Codrus writes on, and will for ever write. Alexander Pope.

   2. Spite of, or In Spite of. Notwithstanding; in defiance of. It is often used without any malignity of meaning.

   Blessed be such a preacher, whom God made use of to speak a word in season, and saved me in spite of the world, the devil, and myself. South.

   In spite of me I love, and see too late
   My mother’s pride must find my mother’s fate. Dryden.

   For thy lov’d sake, spite of my boding fears,
   I’ll meet the danger which ambition brings. Nicholas Rowe.

   My father’s fate,
   In spite of all the fortitude that shines
   Before my face in Cato’s great example,
   Subdues my soul, and fills my eyes with tears. Joseph Addison, Cato.

   In spite of all applications the patient grew worse every day. Arbuthnot.

2. To Spiteverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To mischief; to treat maliciously; to vex; to thwart malignantly.

   Beguil’d, divorced, wronged, spighted, slain,
   Most detestable death, by thee. William Shakespeare.

   I’ll sacrifice the lamb that I do love,
   To spight a raven’s heart within a dove. William Shakespeare.

   2. To fill with spite; to offend.

   So with play did he a good while fight against the fight of Zelmane, who, more spited with that courtesy, that one that did nothing should be able to resist her, burned away with choler any motions which might grow out of her own sweet disposition. Philip Sidney.

   Darius, spited at the magi, endeavoured to abolish not only their learning but their language. William Temple.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. spite

   Spite refers to a malicious intent or desire to harm or trouble someone, often arising out of anger, resentment, or a desire for revenge. It involves acting in a way that is deliberately harmful or hurtful towards another person, without any personal gain or benefit. Spiteful actions may include behaviors such as spreading rumors, sabotaging someone's efforts, or intentionally causing emotional or physical harm.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Spitenoun

   ill-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; petty malice; grudge; rancor; despite

2. Spitenoun

   vexation; chargrin; mortification

3. Spiteverb

   to be angry at; to hate

4. Spiteverb

   to treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart

5. Spiteverb

   to fill with spite; to offend; to vex

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Spite

   In fair division problems, spite is a phenomenon that occurs when a player's value of an allocation decreases when one or more other players' valuation increases. Thus, other things being equal, a player exhibiting spite will prefer an allocation in which other players receive less than more. In this language, spite is difficult to analyze because one has to assess two sets of preferences. For example, in the divide and choose method, a spiteful player would have to make a trade-off between depriving his opponent of cake, and getting more himself. Within the field of social evolution, spite is used to describe those social behaviors that have a negative impact on both the actor and recipient. Spite can be favored by kin selection when: it leads to an indirect benefit to some third party that is sufficiently related to the actor; or when it is directed primarily at negatively related individuals. Negative relatedness occurs when two individuals are less related than average.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Spite

   spīt, n. grudge: lasting ill-will: hatred.—v.t. to vex: to thwart: to hate.—adj. Spite′ful, full of spite: desirous to vex or injure: malignant.—adv. Spite′fully.—n. Spite′fulness.—In spite of, in opposition to all efforts of, in defiance of, in contempt of. [Short for despite.]

Matched Categories

1. • Malevolence

Anagrams for Spite »

1. stipe

2. septi

How to pronounce Spite?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Priya

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   Oliver

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Spite in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Spite in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Spite in a Sentence

1. Jay Nixon:

   Others of us are at the table not in spite of our actions in the patriotic protests but because of them. They are united by the shared passion to promote understanding, to hasten healing, to ensure equal opportunities in education and employment and to safeguard the civil rights of all our citizens.

2. Ramana Pemmaraju:

   Most of them are remembered for their works, few are remembered in spite of them...for their finesse!”

3. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid:

   I don't pick the justices, but I know if he were picked, I would support the man, he's a good person, has a great record, and has been a tremendously good governor in spite of having to deal with some very big problems there.

4. Philip Sidney:

   Thus, with child to speak, and helpless in my throes, biting my truant pen, beating myself for spite: Fool! said my muse to me, look in thy heart, and write.

5. Ron Rivera:

   It meant a lot just because of the way these guys fight, in spite of everything that's gone on during the game with the injuries, we were able to come out on top, so good for these guys.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Spite
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Spite
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Spite
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Spite
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Spite
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Spite