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spite
[ spahyt ]
noun
- a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
Synonyms: , , , ,
- a particular instance of such an attitude or action; grudge.
- Obsolete. something that causes vexation; annoyance.
verb (used with object)
- to treat with spite or malice.
- to annoy or thwart, out of spite.
- to fill with spite; vex; offend.
spite
/ 蝉辫补瑟迟 /
noun
- maliciousness involving the desire to harm another; venomous ill will
- an instance of such malice; grudge
- archaic.something that induces vexation
- in spite ofpreposition in defiance of; regardless of; notwithstanding
verb
- to annoy in order to vent spite
- archaic.to offend
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 蝉辫颈迟别顎僱别蝉蝉 adjective
- 耻苍路蝉辫颈迟顎侥诲 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of spite1
Idioms and Phrases
- in spite of, in disregard or defiance of; notwithstanding; despite:
She arrived at school on time in spite of the snowstorm.
- cut off one's nose to spite one's face. nose ( def 23 ).
More idioms and phrases containing spite
see in spite of .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The greater Los Angeles office rental market started the year with a turbulent first quarter and historically high vacancies as tenant demand was persistently soft in spite of more robust return-to-office policies coming from managers.
It increasingly seems like our world is dominated by two types of leaders: those guided by gleeful, vindictive spite, and those guided by wherever the wind happens to be blowing that day.
He also became a writer out of spite.
To be joyful, to laugh, to stay quirky in spite of everything, is a supreme act of defiant survival.
In spite of a recent backlash, the rise of more inclusive YA has felt every bit as much like a seismic shift as 鈥淭he Hunger Games鈥 did back in the day.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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