Synonyms:
malice, maliciousness, spite, spitefulness, venom
Meaning: feeling a need to see others suffer
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite
Meaning: hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego"
Usage examples
It was through spite I tormented you all.
He needed to be helped in spite of himself.
The tax-collector watched, scowling with spite....
But in spite of the rain she could not go to sleep.
"My whole heart goes out to you in spite of myself.
It was for spite I drove the old man out of his mind....
Last night we all slept well in spite of our grave anxieties.
"You've just been praying for the opposite to me out of spite.
"You don't mean to say that you came after me in spite of all?"
During the mazurka the tax-collector's face twitched with spite.