Spite

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Malicious ill will prompting an urge to hurt or humiliate.
  • n. An instance of malicious feeling.
  • v. To show spite toward.
  • v. To vent spite on.
  • v. To fill with spite.
  • v. To annoy: He did it just to spite her.
  • idiom. in spite of Not stopped by; regardless of: They kept going in spite of their fears.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. 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.
  • n. Vexation; chagrin; mortification.
  • v. To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart.
  • v. To be angry at; to hate.
  • v. To fill with spite; to offend; to vex.
  • preposition. Notwithstanding; despite.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Ill-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; petty malice; grudge; rancor; despite.
  • n. Vexation; chargrin; mortification.
  • v. To be angry at; to hate.
  • v. To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart.
  • v. To fill with spite; to offend; to vex.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Injury; mischief; shame; disgrace; dishonor.
  • n. A disposition to thwart and disappoint the wishes of another; ill-will; malevolence; malice; grudge; rancor.
  • n. Chagrin; vexation; ill luck; trouble.
  • n. Synonyms Animosity, Ill-will, Enmity, etc. (see animosity), pique, spleen, defiance. In spite of, Despite, etc. See not-withstanding.
  • To dislike; regard with ill-will.
  • To thwart; cross; mortify; treat maliciously: as, to cut off one's nose to spite one's face.
  • To fill with vexation; offend.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. hurt the feelings of
  • n. malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
  • n. feeling a need to see others suffer
  • Equivalent
    spite of   
    Verb Form
    spited    spites    spiting   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    malice    malevolency    malevolence    malignity   
    Unknown
    cut    graft   
    Cross Reference
    eject    in spite of    malicious    malignant   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    grudge    malevolence    pique    rancor    rancor    despite    vexation    chargrin    mortification    offend    vex   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bright    Dwight    Knight    Night    White    Wight    Wright    alight    allright    alright   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    aware    consequence    midst    absence    hint    sort    amount    degree    account    none