Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: spite
IPA transcription: [sp'aɪt]
noun meaning of the word
  • 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.