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Synonyms for spite
spaɪtspite
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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, rancorAntonyms:
agreement, alliance, amity, concord, friendship, harmony, kindliness, kindness, regard, sympathy
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
spite
Synonyms:
malice, malevolence, grudge, pique, hatred, ill-will, vindictiveness, rancor, spleenAntonyms:
good will, benevolence, kindliness
Princeton's WordNet
malice, maliciousness, spite, spitefulness, venomnoun
feeling a need to see others suffer
Synonyms:
nastiness, cattiness, malevolence, malevolency, spitefulness, venom, malice, bitchiness, maliciousnesscattiness, bitchiness, spite, spitefulness, nastinessverb
malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
Synonyms:
nastiness, cattiness, filth, spitefulness, venom, malice, filthiness, bitchiness, foulness, maliciousnesshurt, 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
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
spitenoun
Synonyms:
malice, malevolence, rancor, venom, gall, malignity, maliciousness, hate, grudge, pique, ill-naturespitenoun
Synonyms:
defiance, opposition, despite, contempt
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
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Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #1618 | break | |
| #1938 | pain | |
| #2207 | smart | |
| #2813 | despite | |
| #4602 | shock | |
| #5093 | hurt | |
| #6848 | suffer | |
| #9001 | breach | |
| #9117 | wound | |
| #9861 | sympathy | |
| #10700 | grief | |
| #10782 | spite | |
| #12121 | regret | |
| #12382 | weigh | |
| #12746 | violate | |
| #13325 | hatred | |
| #14621 | sorrow | |
| #17148 | filth | |
| #18051 | sadness | |
| #18185 | venom | |
| #20114 | outrage | |
| #20514 | defiance | |
| #21810 | hostility | |
| #23039 | offend | |
| #23766 | spleen | |
| #25166 | malice | |
| #25311 | ache | |
| #27991 | anguish | |
| #29904 | bitterness | |
| #32033 | grudge | |
| #33441 | pique | |
| #34306 | injure | |
| #45961 | bruise | |
| #48333 | antagonism | |
| #48768 | animosity | |
| #50674 | enmity | |
| #92440 | nastiness | |
| #98708 | transgress | |
| #98936 | rancor | |
| #110925 | malevolence | |
| #114709 | acrimony | |
| #165650 | vindictiveness | |
| #190479 | filthiness | |
| #197798 | malignity | |
| #214182 | foulness | |
| #216390 | appal | |
| #234171 | maliciousness | |
| #234359 | bitchiness | |
| #290491 | appall |
How to use spite in a sentence?
We're cutting off our nose to spite our face. The very things (Trump's) complaining about, will make it tougher for us to do.
Two and two continue to make four, in spite of the whine of the amateur for three, or the cry of the critic for five.
Thus, with child to speak, and helpless in my throes, biting my truant pen, beating myself for spite: Fool! said my muse to me, look in thy heart, and write.
It is because the public are a mass -- inert, obtuse, and passive -- that they need to be shaken up from time to time so that we can tell from their bear-like grunts where they are -- and also where they stand. They are pretty harmless, in spite of their numbers, because they are fighting against intelligence.
We're all puppets, and our best hope for even partial liberation is to try to decipher the logic of the puppeteer. Just because natural selection created us doesn't mean we have to slavishly follow its peculiar agenda. (If anything, we might be tempted to spite it for all the ridiculous baggage it's saddled us with.)
Translations for spite
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- رغمArabic
- despitCatalan, Valencian
- zlomyslnostCzech
- Gehässigkeit, BoshaftigkeitGerman
- rencor, despecho, maliciaSpanish
- tusk, meelehärm, vahkvihaEstonian
- کینهPersian
- katkeruus, ilkeys, mielipaha, ärsyttää, loukata, pahansuopuus, kauna, kiusata, häijyysFinnish
- rancune, dépitFrench
- bosszantHungarian
- քենArmenian
- despitoIdo
- malevolenza, dispetto, rancore, vessareItalian
- למרותHebrew
- mishandelen, irritatie, droefheid, ergernis, wrok, boosaardigheid, ascese, hatenDutch
- desprezo, rancor, provocar, desprezarPortuguese
- vexa, ciudă, ofensa, dispreț, vexațiune, supărare, răutate, urî, maltrataRomanian
- недоброжелательностьRussian
- illviljaSwedish
- ทั้งๆThai
- garez, kinTurkish
- на злоUkrainian
- bất chấpVietnamese
- 尽管Chinese
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