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spite

noun
/spaɪt/

Etymology

From Middle English spit, a shortening of despit (whence despite), from Old French despit, from Latin dēspectum (“looking down on”), from Latin dēspiciō (“to look down, despise”). Compare also North Frisian spīt, spīd (“regret”), Saterland Frisian Spiet (“regret, remorse”), West Frisian spyt (“regret”), Dutch spijt (“regret, remorse”), German Low German Spiet (“anger, regret, remorse”), German Spiet (“annoyance, vexation”), Swedish spit (“insult, outrage, annoyance”), Norwegian spit (“insult, outrage, annoyance”).

  1. derived from dēspiciō — “to look down, despise”
  2. derived from dēspectum — “looking down on”
  3. derived from despit
  4. inherited from spit

Definitions

  1. Ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the desire to unjustifiably irritate,…

    Ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the desire to unjustifiably irritate, annoy, or thwart; a want to disturb or put out another; mild malice.

    • He was so filled with spite for his ex-wife, his brother was afraid of what he might do.
    • They did it just for spite.
    • This is the deadly spite that angers.

  2. Vexation

    Vexation; chagrin; mortification.

    • "The time is out of joint: O cursed spite."

  3. To treat maliciously

    To treat maliciously; to try to hurt or thwart.

    • She soon married again, to spite her ex-husband.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. To be angry at

      To be angry at; to hate.

      • The Danes, then […] pagans, principally spited places of religion.

    2. To fill with spite

      To fill with spite; to offend; to vex.

    3. Notwithstanding

      Notwithstanding; despite.

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Derived

Hamiltonian spite, in spite of, in spite of oneself, in spite of someone's teeth, spite fence, spiteful, spite house, spiteless, spitesome, spite wall, spitish, cut off one's nose to spite one's face, spiter, unspited

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at spite. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01spite02desire03entreat04begging05goods06sold07won08win09despite

A definitional loop anchored at spite. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at spite

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA