What part of speech is spite?

Spite can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. spite is a verb, present, 1st person singular of spite (infinitive).
  • 2. spite is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. spite is a noun, singular of spites.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does spite mean?

Definitions

Verb

spite - hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego"

Noun

spite - malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
spite - feeling a need to see others suffer

Examples of spite

#   Sentence  
1. noun Because Israel and any problems related to it, in spite of what you might read or hear in the world media, is not the central issue, and has never been the central issue in the upheaval in the region.
2. noun Human rights are below any reasonable standard, in spite of the grotesque fact that Libya was elected Chair of the UN Human Rights commission.
3. noun In spite of a lot of worry over your career, by the year's end, you'll see that 2005 has filled your life with prosperity and accomplishments.
4. noun The marches on the 12th of July are only really attended by protestants in the Ulster but in spite of the are the largest attended paraded in Ireland.
5. noun Apart from that in spite of my repeated attempts I could not get in touch with the manager to even lodge an official complaint.
6. noun In spite of the rain, we enjoyed our holiday.
7. noun We played golf in spite of the rain.
8. noun He went out in spite of the rain.
9. noun He started in spite of the rain.
10. noun The children went to school in spite of the rain.
11. noun In spite of the rain, the game was not cancelled.
12. noun In spite of the rain, I went out.
13. noun In spite of the heavy rain, he decided to go out.
14. noun In spite of their various differences, Joan and Ann are friends.
15. noun The senior citizens' spirits were high in spite of the bad weather.
Sentence  
noun
Because Israel and any problems related to it, in spite of what you might read or hear in the world media, is not the central issue, and has never been the central issue in the upheaval in the region.
Human rights are below any reasonable standard, in spite of the grotesque fact that Libya was elected Chair of the UN Human Rights commission.
In spite of a lot of worry over your career, by the year's end, you'll see that 2005 has filled your life with prosperity and accomplishments.
The marches on the 12th of July are only really attended by protestants in the Ulster but in spite of the are the largest attended paraded in Ireland.
Apart from that in spite of my repeated attempts I could not get in touch with the manager to even lodge an official complaint.
In spite of the rain, we enjoyed our holiday.
We played golf in spite of the rain.
He went out in spite of the rain.
He started in spite of the rain.
The children went to school in spite of the rain.
In spite of the rain, the game was not cancelled.
In spite of the rain, I went out.
In spite of the heavy rain, he decided to go out.
In spite of their various differences, Joan and Ann are friends.
The senior citizens' spirits were high in spite of the bad weather.

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