About The Word Spite
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Spite
Spite Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Spite?
[n] malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
[n] feeling a need to see others suffer [v] hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised me ego" Synonyms | Synonyms for Spite: bitchiness | bruise | cattiness | hurt | injure | malice | maliciousness | nastiness | offend | spitefulness | spitefulness | venom | wound Related Terms | Find terms related to Spite: See Also | abase | affront | arouse | chagrin | elicit | enkindle | evoke | fire | humble | humiliate | insult | kindle | lacerate | malevolence | malevolence | malevolency | malice | malignity | mortify | provoke | raise | sting Spite In Webster's Dictionary \Spite\, n. [Abbreviated fr. despite.]
1. Ill-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the
disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; petty malice;
grudge; rancor; despite. --Pope.
This is the deadly spite that angers. --Shak.
2. Vexation; chargrin; mortification. [R.] --Shak.
{In spite of}, or {Spite of}, in opposition to all efforts
of; in defiance or contempt of; notwithstanding.
``Continuing, spite of pain, to use a knee after it had
been slightly ibnjured.'' --H. Spenser. ``And saved me in
spite of the world, the devil, and myself.'' --South. ``In
spite of all applications, the patient grew worse every
day.'' --Arbuthnot. See Syn. under {Notwithstanding}.
{To owe one a spite}, to entertain a mean hatred for him.
Syn: Pique, rancor; malevolence; grudge.
Usage: {Spite}, {Malice}. Malice has more reference to the
disposition, and spite to the manifestation of it in
words and actions. It is, therefore, meaner than
malice, thought not always more criminal. `` Malice .
. . is more frequently employed to express the
dispositions of inferior minds to execute every
purpose of mischief within the more limited circle of
their abilities.'' --Cogan. ``Consider eke, that spite
availeth naught.'' --Wyatt. See {Pique}.
\Spite\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spiting}.] 1. To be angry at; to hate. [Obs.] The Danes, then . . . pagans, spited places of religion. --Fuller. 2. To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart. 3. To fill with spite; to offend; to vex. [R.] Darius, spited at the Magi, endeavored to abolish not only their learning, but their language. --Sir. W. Temple. |
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