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English Dictionary: spite	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for spite
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spite n feeling a need to see others suffer [syn: malice, maliciousness, spite, spitefulness, venom] malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty Synonym(s): cattiness, bitchiness, spite, spitefulness, nastiness v hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego" Synonym(s): hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spite \Spite\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spiting}.] 1. To be angry at; to hate. [Obs.] The Danes, then . . . pagans, spited places of religion. --Fuller. 2. To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart. 3. To fill with spite; to offend; to vex. [R.] Darius, spited at the Magi, endeavored to abolish not only their learning, but their language. --Sir. W. Temple.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spite \Spite\, n. [Abbreviated fr. despite.] 1. Ill-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; petty malice; grudge; rancor; despite. --Pope. This is the deadly spite that angers. --Shak. 2. Vexation; chargrin; mortification. [R.] --Shak. {In spite of}, [or] {Spite of}, in opposition to all efforts of; in defiance or contempt of; notwithstanding. [bd]Continuing, spite of pain, to use a knee after it had been slightly ibnjured.[b8] --H. Spenser. [bd]And saved me in spite of the world, the devil, and myself.[b8] --South. [bd]In spite of all applications, the patient grew worse every day.[b8] --Arbuthnot. See Syn. under {Notwithstanding}. {To owe one a spite}, to entertain a mean hatred for him. Syn: Pique, rancor; malevolence; grudge. Usage: {Spite}, {Malice}. Malice has more reference to the disposition, and spite to the manifestation of it in words and actions. It is, therefore, meaner than malice, thought not always more criminal. [bd] Malice . . . is more frequently employed to express the dispositions of inferior minds to execute every purpose of mischief within the more limited circle of their abilities.[b8] --Cogan. [bd]Consider eke, that spite availeth naught.[b8] --Wyatt. See {Pique}.