spite en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /spaɪt/
- spīt
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Etymology
From Middle English spit, a shortening of despit (whence despite), from Old French despit, from Latin dēspectum (“looking down on”), from Latin dēspiciō (“to look down, despise”). Compare also North Frisian spīt, spīd (“regret”), Saterland Frisian Spiet (“regret, remorse”), West Frisian spyt (“regret”), Dutch spijt (“regret, remorse”), German Low German Spiet (“anger, regret, remorse”), German Spiet (“annoyance, vexation”), Swedish spit (“insult, outrage, annoyance”), Norwegian spit (“insult, outrage, annoyance”).
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) Ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the desire to unjustifiably irritate, annoy, or thwart; a want to disturb or put out another; mild malice.
He was so filled with spite for his ex-wife, his brother was afraid of what he might do.
sex with older men was a way to both internalize my spite towards my mother and to find security in a father figure I lacked with my own father.
2014, Emivita, By Any Means Necessary: My Personal Struggles with Good and Evil:They did it just for spite.
This is the deadly spite that angers.
c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:Out of spite, the human beings pretended not to believe that it was Snowball who had destroyed the windmill: they said that it had fallen down because the walls were too thin.
1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
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(obsolete, uncountable, usually) Vexation; chagrin; mortification.
"The time is out of joint: O cursed spite."
c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene v]:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| spight | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| spites | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
spitesome · spite wall · in spite of someone's teeth · spiteless · spiteful · in spite of · Hamiltonian spite · spite fence · spite house · spitish · in spite of oneself
Synonyms
Translations (91)
fi pahansuopuus (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · pdt Trots (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · mi kaikino (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · hi चिढ़ (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · nl boosaardigheid (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · fi kauna (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · mk про́клетство (vexation, chagrin, mortification) · fi ilkeys (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · mi hūneinei (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · mi hūneinei (vexation, chagrin, mortification) · et tusk (vexation, chagrin, mortification) · bg злина (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · ro răutate (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · de Gehässigkeit (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · cs zlost (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · bg злоба (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · hi ख़ार (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · de Boshaftigkeit (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · fi häijyys (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · it rancore (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · sv illvilja (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · ro ranchiună (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · hu rosszakarat (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · fr dépit (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · hi बुग़्ज़ (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · uk злість (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · de Ärgernis (vexation, chagrin, mortification) · pl uraza (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · nl irritatie (vexation, chagrin, mortification) · es despecho (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · it ripicca (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · eu despit (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · mhr аяр (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · ro vexațiune (vexation, chagrin, mortification) · pt desprezo (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · sa असूया (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · ota نسبت (vexation, chagrin, mortification) · et vahkviha (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · hi असूया (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · pt rancor (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · tr garez (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · ru враждебность (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · gl xenreira (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · hu rosszindulat (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · eo spiti (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · ro supărare (vexation, chagrin, mortification) · hi द्वेष (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · pl przekora (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · hi जलन (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · nl wrok (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · pl niechęć (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · pl przekorność (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · ga aicis (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · it dispetto (vexation, chagrin, mortification) · nl droefheid (vexation, chagrin, mortification) · fi mielipaha (vexation, chagrin, mortification) · bg проклетия (vexation, chagrin, mortification) · az qərəz (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · pl złość (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · hi कीना (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · cmn 赌气 (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · hy քեն (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · nl ascese (vexation, chagrin, mortification) · ms dendam (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · cs zlovůle (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · ca despit (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · ro dispreț (vexation, chagrin, mortification) · es ojeriza (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · fi katkeruus (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · hi विद्वेष (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · et meelehärm (vexation, chagrin, mortification) · hi कुनह (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · gl rancor (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · es saña (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · tr kin (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · cs zášť (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · fa کینه (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · ro ciudă (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · ru недоброжелательность (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · mk зло́ба (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · fa زلیفن (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · hi खुनस (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · fr dépit (vexation, chagrin, mortification) · cs zlomyslnost (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · fr rancune (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · nl ergernis (vexation, chagrin, mortification) · ru злость (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · hi जलापा (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · cs nevraživost (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · it malevolenza (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) · io despito (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure)