Associations to the word «Spite»

Wiktionary

SPITE, noun. Ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; a desire to vex or injure; petty malice; grudge; rancor.
SPITE, noun. (obsolete) Vexation; chagrin; mortification.
SPITE, verb. (transitive) To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart.
SPITE, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To be angry at; to hate.
SPITE, verb. (transitive) To fill with spite; to offend; to vex.
SPITE, preposition. Notwithstanding; despite.

Dictionary definition

SPITE, noun. Feeling a need to see others suffer.
SPITE, noun. Malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty.
SPITE, verb. Hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley