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spite

Definition

  • noun: a desire to harm, anger, or defeat another person especially because you feel that you have been treated wrongly in some way
  • noun: petty ill will or hatred with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart
  • verb: to deliberately annoy, upset, or hurt (someone)
  • verb: to fill with spite
  • synonyms: annoy, grudge, malevolence

Examples

  • She tried to 'put on a brave face' [=she tried to appear brave or calm] despite the pain of the injury.

  • You can refuse to talk to her if you like, but you're just 'cutting off your nose to spite your face'.

  • They made it on time 'in spite of the fact' that they got a flat tire.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) That sounds like a picture I've seen. I probably wrote it. Well, I know it was moronic and infantile, and utterly lacking in any wit or believability, - but John and I laughed in spite of all that. - Have we been down this way yet? Was it? What time did you get in last night? Not that late...uh... (..)
    2011 Midnight in Paris