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Moderatespite
The correct spelling is spite.
How to pronounce spite
/spaɪt/
nounIPA: /spaɪt/
Say it like: Spi-te
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.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.Vexation; chagrin; mortification.
verb
- 1.To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart.
- 2.To be angry at; to hate.
- 3.To fill with spite; to offend; to vex.
preposition
- 1.Notwithstanding; despite.
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