Found 3 items, similar to Spite.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: spite
dengki, iri hati, kedengkian, kegemasan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: spite
spite
n 1: feeling a need to see others suffer [syn:
malice,
maliciousness,
spitefulness,
venom]
2: malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or
nasty [syn:
cattiness,
bitchiness,
spitefulness,
nastiness]
v : hurt the feelings of;
“She hurt me when she did not include
me among her guests”;
“This remark really bruised me ego”
[syn:
hurt,
wound,
injure,
bruise,
offend]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Spite
Spite
\Spite\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Spited; p. pr. & vb. n.
Spiting.]
1. To be angry at; to hate. [Obs.]
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The Danes, then . . . pagans, spited places of
religion. --Fuller.
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2. To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart.
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3. To fill with spite; to offend; to vex. [R.]
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Darius, spited at the Magi, endeavored to abolish
not only their learning, but their language. --Sir.
W. Temple.
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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.
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This is the deadly spite that angers. --Shak.
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2. Vexation; chargrin; mortification. [R.] --Shak.
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In spite of, or
Spite of, in opposition to all efforts
of; in defiance or contempt of; notwithstanding.
“Continuing, spite of pain, to use a knee after it had
been slightly injured.” --H. Spenser.
“And saved me in
spite of the world, the devil, and myself.” --South.
“In
spite of all applications, the patient grew worse every
day.” --Arbuthnot. See Syn. under
Notwithstanding.
To owe one a spite, to entertain a mean hatred for him.
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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.
“ 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.” --Cogan.
“Consider eke, that spite
availeth naught.” --Wyatt. See
Pique.
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