spite

  • 31spite — noun a desire to hurt, annoy, or offend. verb deliberately hurt, annoy, or offend. Phrases in spite of without being affected by the particular factor mentioned. in spite of oneself although one did not want or expect to do so. Origin ME:… …

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  • 32spite — [13] Spite was adapted from Old French despit ‘scorn, ill will’, which was also borrowed intact as despite [13]. This came from Latin dēspectus, the past participle of dēspicere ‘look down on’ (source of English despise [13]), which was a… …

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  • 33spite of — preposition : in spite of exert your freedom, spite of the world C.W.Hendel …

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  • 34spite — See: CUT OFF ONE S NOSE TO SPITE ONE S FACE …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 35spite — See: CUT OFF ONE S NOSE TO SPITE ONE S FACE …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 36spite — Synonyms and related words: Anglophobia, Russophobia, Schadenfreude, abhorrence, abomination, animosity, annoy, antagonism, anti Semitism, antipathy, aversion, belligerence, bigotry, bitchiness, bitterness, bone to pick, cattiness, clash,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 37spite — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. malice, ill will, grudge, malignity, malevolence. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. umbrage, malice, malignity, resentment, ill will, hatred, contempt, harsh feeling, grudge, antipathy, enmity, animosity,… …

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  • 38spite — See: cut off one s nose to spite one s face …

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  • 39spite — n 1. malice, malignity, malignance, malevolence, maliciousness, venom, ill will; animosity, antagonism, hostility, evil, evil eye; resentment, envy, jealousy, covetousness, cupidity. 2. grudge, hate, hatred, aversion, detestation, antipathy,… …

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  • 40spite —   Mauhala, na au kopekope.    ♦ In spite of, i loko o, me ka nānā ole …

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