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UK
/spˈaɪt/
]
[ US /ˈspaɪt/ ]
[ US /ˈspaɪt/ ]
NOUN
- feeling a need to see others suffer
- malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
VERB
-
hurt the feelings of
This remark really bruised my ego
She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests
How To Use spite In A Sentence
- I again affirm that I need make no apology for attaching my name to that of one so worthy the esteem of his co-dogs, ay, and co-cats too; for in spite of the differences which have so often raised up a barrier between the members of his race and ours, not even the noblest among us could be degraded by raising a "mew" to the honour of such a thoroughly honest dog. The Adventures of a Dog, and a Good Dog Too
- A few minutes with the heron book cleared up the mystery; they were tricolored herons, the first I had ever seen.10 By the end of the month American goldfinches were shooting around like tossed gold pieces despite another cold spell. Bird Cloud
- Sadly, none of a myriad of ingenious contraptions, despite inventors' claims, puts forth more energy than it absorbs.
- Filming went ahead in spite of the bad weather.
- My dad, despite his rampant hypochondria, had always been healthy.
- Despite imperial successes at St. Gotthard (1664), Growardein and Neuhäusel in Hungary ceded to the Ottomans (1664, at Vasvár). 2. The Habsburg Monarchy
- Despite their superficial similarity, submersion of minorities in English-only programs in the USA and Canadian immersion programs are different and they lead to different results.
- In present-day usage, despite Fowler's strictures, concern for classical and linguistic purity is minimal and the coining of etymological hybrids is casual and massive.
- But after three years of frantic knitting, they decided to end the challenge, despite reaching halfway.
- But the family have pulled together and, in spite of fits of irritability, are happy.