Definition of spite Spite
/spajˈt/ - [spayt] - spite
We found 16 definitions of spite from 6 different sources.
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What does spite mean?
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| spite - malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty | ||
| cattiness, bitchiness, spitefulness, nastiness | ||
| malevolency, malevolence, malice the quality of threatening evil | ||
| spite - feeling a need to see others suffer | ||
| malice, maliciousness, spitefulness, venom | ||
| malevolence, malignity the quality of threatening evil | ||
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| spite - hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego" | ||
| hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend | ||
| enkindle, elicit, kindle, provoke, evoke, arouse, fire, raise derive by reason; "elicit a solution" | ||
| affront, diss, insult treat, mention, or speak to rudely; "He insulted her with his rude remarks"; "the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone" | ||
| lacerate cut or tear irregularly | ||
| sting deliver a sting to; "A bee stung my arm yesterday" | ||
| abase, chagrin, humiliate, humble, mortify cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- spite (Noun)
ill 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. - spite (Noun)
Vexation; chagrin; mortification. - spite (Verb)
To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart. - spite (Verb)
To be angry at; to hate. - spite (Verb)
To fill with spite; to offend; to vex.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- spite (n.)
Ill-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; petty malice; grudge; rancor; despite. - spite (n.)
Vexation; chargrin; mortification. - spite (v. t.)
To be angry at; to hate. - spite (v. t.)
To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart. - spite (v. t.)
To fill with spite; to offend; to vex.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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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.]
Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗
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spite
Don't cut your nose off to spite your face.
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