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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. 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. 2

    Vexation; chagrin; mortification.

verb
  1. 1

    To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart.

    "She soon married again, to spite her ex-husband."

  2. 2

    To be angry at; to hate.

  3. 3

    To fill with spite; to offend; to vex.

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