Spite - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty (syn: spitefulness)
verb
Extra examples
He is jealous and full of spite.
...spread cruel lies out of pure spite...
She broke it just out of spite.
He only did it to spite me.
...sometimes, I swear, she keeps doing that just to spite me...
He never succeeded in spite of repeated attempts.
...kept his composure in spite of the repeated provocations...
...intertwisted the cables in his roommate's entertainment system just out of spite...
The plane came down safely in spite of the mist.
In spite of cancellations and interlineations, the original words can easily be distinguished.
The wedding came off in spite of Jim and Mary's last-minute quarrel.
In spite of the people's opinions, she ended up the winner.
He faced the matter out in spite of severe questioning.
In spite of her family's opinion, she fetched up the winner.
The captain got his ship into the harbour safely in spite of rough sea.
Word forms
I/you/we/they: spite
he/she/it: spites
present participle: spiting
past tense: spited
past participle: spited
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