spite
Meanings
Plural: spites
Noun
- feeling a need to see others suffer
- malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
- Ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the desire to unjustifiably irritate, annoy, or thwart; a want to disturb or put out another; mild malice
- Vexation; chagrin; mortification.
Verb
- hurt the feelings of
- To treat maliciously; to try to hurt or thwart.
- To be angry at; to hate.
- To fill with spite; to offend; to vex.
Prep
- Notwithstanding; despite.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English spit, a shortening of despit (whence despite), from Old French despit, from Latin dēspectum (“looking down on”), from Latin dēspiciō (“to look down, despise”). Compare also Dutch spijt and German Spiet.
Synonyms
bitchiness, bruise, cattiness, grudge, hurt, injure, malice, maliciousness, nastiness, offend, rancor, spitefulness, venom, wound
Scrabble Score: 7
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