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English noun: spite | |||
| 1. | spite (feeling) feeling a need to see others suffer | ||
| Synonyms | malice, maliciousness, spitefulness, venom | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | malevolence, malignity | ||
| 2. | spite (attribute) malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty | ||
| Synonyms | bitchiness, cattiness, nastiness, spitefulness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | malevolence, malevolency, malice | ||
English verb: spite | |||
| 1. | spite (emotion) hurt the feelings of | ||
| Samples | She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests. This remark really bruised my ego. | ||
| Examples | Sam cannot spite Sue | ||
| Synonyms | bruise, hurt, injure, offend, wound | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | abase, affront, chagrin, diss, humble, humiliate, insult, lacerate, mortify, sting | ||
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