[ UK /spˈa‍ɪt/ ]
[ US /ˈspaɪt/ ]
NOUN
  1. feeling a need to see others suffer
  2. malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
VERB
  1. hurt the feelings of
    This remark really bruised my ego
    She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests
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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.
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