spite

Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Related terms 1.4.2 Translations 1.4.3 See also 1.5 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

This definition is lacking an etymology or has an incomplete etymology. You can help Wiktionary by giving it a proper etymology.

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: spīt, IPA: /spaɪt/, SAMPA: /spaIt/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

  Rhymes: -aɪt

[edit] Noun

spite (usually uncountable; plural spites)

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.

2. Vexation; chagrin; mortification.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to spite (third-person singular simple present spites, present participle spiting, simple past and past participle spited)

1. (transitive) (obsolete) To be angry at; to hate.
2. (transitive) To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart.

   She soon married again, to spite her ex-husband."

3. (transitive) To fill with spite; to offend; to vex.

[edit] Related terms

• spiteful
• in spite of
• out of spite
• despite

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• malignant
• malicious

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of eipst
• piets
• piste
• stipe