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Spite
/spaɪt/
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
📖 Definitions of "Spite"
noun
- 1
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."
- 2
Vexation; chagrin; mortification.
verb
- 1
To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart.
"She soon married again, to spite her ex-husband."
- 2
To be angry at; to hate.
- 3
To fill with spite; to offend; to vex.
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