Synonyms for spite
spaɪtspite

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1. spite

   Enmity is the state of being an enemy or the feeling and disposition characterizing an enemy (compare ENEMY). Animosity denotes a feeling more active and vehement, but often less enduring and determined, than enmity. Enmity distinctly recognizes its object as an enemy, to be met or dealt with accordingly. Hostility is enmity in action; the term hostilities between nations denotes actual armed collision. Bitterness is a resentful feeling arising from a belief that one has been wronged; acrimony is a kindred feeling, but deeper and more persistent, and may arise from the crossing of one's wishes or plans by another, where no injustice or wrong is felt. Antagonism, as between two competing authors or merchants, does not necessarily imply enmity, but ordinarily suggests a shade, at least, of hostile feeling. Malice is a disposition or intent to injure others, for the gratification of some evil passion; malignity is intense and violent enmity, hatred, or malice. Compare synonyms for ACRIMONY; ANGER; HATRED.

   Synonyms:
   acrimony, animosity, antagonism, bitterness, enmity, hatred, hostility, ill will, malevolence, malice, malignity, rancor

   Antonyms:
   agreement, alliance, amity, concord, friendship, harmony, kindliness, kindness, regard, sympathy

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1. spite

   Synonyms:
   malice, malevolence, grudge, pique, hatred, ill-will, vindictiveness, rancor, spleen

   Antonyms:
   good will, benevolence, kindliness

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1. malice, maliciousness, spite, spitefulness, venomnoun

   feeling a need to see others suffer

   Synonyms:
   nastiness, cattiness, malevolence, malevolency, spitefulness, venom, malice, bitchiness, maliciousness

2. cattiness, bitchiness, spite, spitefulness, nastinessverb

   malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty

   Synonyms:
   nastiness, cattiness, filth, spitefulness, venom, malice, filthiness, bitchiness, foulness, maliciousness

3. hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spiteverb

   hurt the feelings of

   "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego"

   Synonyms:
   injure, hurt, suffer, smart, violate, shock, appall, wound, transgress, scandalise, pique, contuse, appal, scandalize, outrage, bruise, go against, breach, pain, offend, infract, anguish, ache, break

Matched Categories

1. • Malevolence

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1. spitenoun

   Synonyms:
   malice, malevolence, rancor, venom, gall, malignity, maliciousness, hate, grudge, pique, ill-nature

2. spitenoun

   Synonyms:
   defiance, opposition, despite, contempt

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1. spitenoun

   Synonyms:
   malignity, malice, rancor, hate, resentment, defiance, spleen

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1. List of paraphrases for "spite":

   regret, sorrow, weigh, sympathy, despite, sadness, grief, defiance

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1. Peter Smith:

   While these situations should not be happening within the current workers ’ compensation legislation, we do know that they sometimes do occur, in spite of the legislation in place.

2. Li Keqiang:

   China's economy has enough resilience, potential and ample room for growth, especially with a huge domestic market and rich human resources of nearly 1.4 billion people, therefore, we are fully confident and capable of keeping economic growth rate within an appropriate range in spite of multiple risks and challenges in 2019.

3. Li Keqiang:

   Therefore, we are fully confident and capable of keeping economic growth rate within an appropriate range in spite of multiple risks and challenges in 2019.

4. Paul Tillich:

   The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.

5. James Abbott McNeill Whistler:

   Two and two continue to make four, in spite of the whine of the ameteur for three, or the cry of the critc for five. (from Whistler vs. Ruskin, 1878)