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spite

The correct spelling is spite.

How to pronounce spite

/spaɪt/
noun

IPA: /spaɪt/

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The correct spelling is spite. Ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the desire to irritate, annoy, or thwart; a want to disturb or put out another; mild malice For example: "He was so filled with spite for his ex-wife, he could not hold down a job."

Usage Examples

He was so filled with spite for his ex-wife, he could not hold down a job.

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

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.Ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the desire to irritate, annoy, or thwart; a want to disturb or put out another; mild malice
  2. 2.Vexation; chagrin; mortification.

verb

  1. 1.To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart.
  2. 2.To be angry at; to hate.
  3. 3.To fill with spite; to offend; to vex.

preposition

  1. 1.Notwithstanding; despite.

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