Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha-wmf case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 50952 6892077 2009-06-26T21:17:59Z Interwicket 46132 iwiki +[[:wa:spite]] ==English== {{rank|troops|meeting|corner|899|spite|built|lower|lead}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{enPR|spīt}}, {{IPA|/spaɪt/}}, {{SAMPA|/spaIt/}} * {{audio|en-us-spite.ogg|Audio (US)}} *: {{rhymes|aɪt}} ===Noun=== '''spite''' (''uncountable'') # [[ill will|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.'' # [[vexation|Vexation]]; [[chagrin]]; [[mortification]]. ====Translations==== {{trans-top|ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure}} * [[Catalan]]: [[despit]] * Chinese: [[赌气]] (dǔ qì) * Finnish: [[pahansuopuus]], [[ilkeys]], [[häijyys]] * French: {{t+|fr|dépit|m}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Ido]]: [[despito]] * Italian: {{t|it|rancore}}, {{t|it|malevolenza}} * Romanian: [[ciudă]], [[răutate]] * Spanish: [[despecho]] {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|vexation, chagrin, mortification}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|mielipaha}} {{trans-mid}} * Italian: {{t|it|dispetto}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb|spit|ing}} # {{transitive}} {{obsolete}} To be [[angry]] at; to [[hate]]. # {{transitive}} To treat [[malicious]]ly; to try to [[injure]] or [[thwart]]. #: ''She soon married again, to '''spite''' her ex-husband." # {{transitive}} To fill with spite; to [[offend]]; to [[vex]]. ====Related terms==== * [[spiteful]] * [[in spite of]] * [[out of spite]] * [[despite]] ====Translations==== {{trans-top|to be angry at; to hate}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|to treat maliciously}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|kiusata}}, {{t+|fi|ärsyttää}}, {{t+|fi|loukata}} {{trans-mid}} * Italian: {{t|it|vessare}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|to fill with spite}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * [[malignant]] * [[malicious]] [[et:spite]] [[fr:spite]] [[io:spite]] [[it:spite]] [[ku:spite]] [[hu:spite]] [[ja:spite]] [[fi:spite]] [[ta:spite]] [[te:spite]] [[vi:spite]] [[wa:spite]] [[zh:spite]]