Spite

Noun

 * 1) Ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; a desire to vex or injure; petty malice; grudge; rancor.
 * He was so filled with spite for his ex-wife, he could not hold down a job.
 * 1) Vexation; chagrin; mortification.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Catalan: despit
 * Chinese: 赌气 (dǔ qì)
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: pahansuopuus, ilkeys, häijyys, ,
 * French:


 * Ido: despito
 * Italian: ,
 * Romanian: ciudă, răutate
 * Russian: недоброжелательность
 * Spanish: despecho
 * Turkish: kin, garez


 * Dutch:,  , , irritatie
 * Finnish:


 * Italian:

Verb

 * 1)   To be angry at; to hate.
 * 2)  To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart.
 * ''She soon married again, to spite her ex-husband."
 * 1)  To fill with spite; to offend; to vex.

Related terms

 * spiteful
 * in spite of
 * out of spite
 * despite

Translations

 * Dutch:


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, ,


 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:

Anagrams

 * piets
 * piste
 * stipe

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