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spite /ˈspaɪt/
惡意,怨恨,不顧(vt.)故意刁難,欺侮
Spite n.
1. Ill-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; petty malice; grudge; rancor; despite.
This is the deadly spite that angers. --Shak.
2. Vexation; chargrin; mortification. [R.]
In spite of, or Spite of, in opposition to all efforts of; in defiance or contempt of; notwithstanding. “Continuing, spite of pain, to use a knee after it had been slightly injured.” --H. Spenser. “And saved me in spite of the world, the devil, and myself.” --South. “In spite of all applications, the patient grew worse every day.” --Arbuthnot. See Syn. under Notwithstanding.
To owe one a spite, to entertain a mean hatred for him.
Syn: -- Pique, rancor; malevolence; grudge.
Usage: Spite, Malice. Malice has more reference to the disposition, and spite to the manifestation of it in words and actions. It is, therefore, meaner than malice, thought not always more criminal. “ Malice . . . is more frequently employed to express the dispositions of inferior minds to execute every purpose of mischief within the more limited circle of their abilities.” --Cogan. “Consider eke, that spite availeth naught.” --Wyatt. See Pique.
Spite, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spited; p. pr. & vb. n. Spiting.]
1. To be angry at; to hate. [Obs.]
The Danes, then . . . pagans, spited places of religion. --Fuller.
2. To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart.
3. To fill with spite; to offend; to vex. [R.]
Darius, spited at the Magi, endeavored to abolish not only their learning, but their language. --Sir. W. Temple.
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spite
n 1: feeling a need to see others suffer [syn: malice, maliciousness,
spitefulness, venom]
2: malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or
nasty [syn: cattiness, bitchiness, spitefulness, nastiness]
v : hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include
me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised me ego"
[syn: hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend]