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- [spahyt]
- /spaɪt/
- /spaɪt/
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- [spahyt]
- /spaɪt/
Definitions of spite word
- noun spite a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice. 1
- noun spite a particular instance of such an attitude or action; grudge. 1
- noun spite Obsolete. something that causes vexation; annoyance. 1
- verb with object spite to treat with spite or malice. 1
- verb with object spite to annoy or thwart, out of spite. 1
- verb with object spite to fill with spite; vex; offend. 1
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Origin of spite
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English; aphetic variant of despite
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Spite
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
spite popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for spite
noun spite
- acrimony — Acrimony is bitter and angry words or quarrels.
- backbiting — If you accuse someone of backbiting, you mean that they say unpleasant or unkind things about someone who is not present, especially in order to stop them doing well at work.
- bile — Bile is a liquid produced by your liver which helps you to digest fat.
- biles — Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- bone to pick — (usually with with) An item of disagreement to complain about or resolve.
verb spite
- backbite — to talk spitefully about (an absent person)
- bother — If you do not bother to do something or if you do not bother with it, you do not do it, consider it, or use it because you think it is unnecessary or because you are too lazy.
- in-convenience — the quality or state of being inconvenient.
- badmouth — (informal) To criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.
Antonyms for spite
noun spite
- benevolence — inclination or tendency to help or do good to others; charity
- comity — mutual civility; courtesy
- like — in like manner with; similarly to; in the manner characteristic of: He works like a beaver.
- loving — feeling or showing love; warmly affectionate; fond: loving glances.
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