spite
/spaɪt/
noun
🇬🇧 UK
/spaɪt/
🇺🇸 US
/spaɪt/
Meaning
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Meaning 1 · noun
Ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the desire to irritate, annoy, or thwart; a want to disturb or put out another; mild malice
“He was so filled with spite for his ex-wife, he could not hold down a job.”
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Meaning 2 · noun
Vexation; chagrin; mortification.
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Meaning 3 · verb
To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart.
“She soon married again, to spite her ex-husband.”
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Meaning 4 · verb
To be angry at; to hate.
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Meaning 5 · verb
To fill with spite; to offend; to vex.
How this word is used
- Everyday “He was so filled with spite for his ex-wife, he could not hold down a job.”
- Everyday “She soon married again, to spite her ex-husband.”
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