Spite \Spite\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spited; p. pr. & vb. n.
Spiting.]
1. To be angry at; to hate. [Obs.]
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The Danes, then . . . pagans, spited places of
religion. --Fuller.
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2. To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart.
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3. To fill with spite; to offend; to vex. [R.]
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Darius, spited at the Magi, endeavored to abolish
not only their learning, but their language. --Sir.
W. Temple.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Spite \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.
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This is the deadly spite that angers. --Shak.
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2. Vexation; chargrin; mortification. [R.] --Shak.
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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 injured." --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.
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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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
spite
n 1: feeling a need to see others suffer [syn: malice, maliciousness,
spitefulness, venom]
2: malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or
nasty [syn: cattiness, bitchiness, spitefulness, nastiness]
v : hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include
me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised me ego"
[syn: hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend]
WordNet (r) 2.0
81 Moby Thesaurus words for "spite":
Anglophobia, Russophobia, Schadenfreude, abhorrence, abomination,
animosity, annoy, antagonism, anti-Semitism, antipathy, aversion,
belligerence, bigotry, bitchiness, bitterness, bone to pick,
cattiness, clash, clashing, collision, conflict, contention,
crow to pick, crow to pluck, despite, despitefulness, detestation,
discomfit, disconcert, dislike, execration, friction,
gall and wormwood, gloating pleasure, grudge, hate, hatred,
hostility, hurt, ignoring, ill, ill will, in defiance of,
in spite of, injure, irritate, loathing, malevolence, malice,
maliciousness, malignity, misandry, misanthropy, misogyny, needle,
notwithstanding, odium, offend, peeve, pet peeve, pique, provoke,
put out, quarrelsomeness, race hatred, racism, rancor,
regardless of, repugnance, resentment, spitefulness, spleen,
unholy joy, upset, venom, vex, vials of hate, vials of wrath,
vindictiveness, wound, xenophobia
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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