SPITE
/spaɪt/
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Definition
/spaɪt/
noun
- 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.”
- Vexation; chagrin; mortification.
verb
- To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart.“She soon married again, to spite her ex-husband.”
- To be angry at; to hate.
- To fill with spite; to offend; to vex.
Source: Wiktionary
