Synonyms for spite
spaɪtspite

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1. spite

   Enmity is the state of being an enemy or the feeling and disposition characterizing an enemy (compare ENEMY). Animosity denotes a feeling more active and vehement, but often less enduring and determined, than enmity. Enmity distinctly recognizes its object as an enemy, to be met or dealt with accordingly. Hostility is enmity in action; the term hostilities between nations denotes actual armed collision. Bitterness is a resentful feeling arising from a belief that one has been wronged; acrimony is a kindred feeling, but deeper and more persistent, and may arise from the crossing of one's wishes or plans by another, where no injustice or wrong is felt. Antagonism, as between two competing authors or merchants, does not necessarily imply enmity, but ordinarily suggests a shade, at least, of hostile feeling. Malice is a disposition or intent to injure others, for the gratification of some evil passion; malignity is intense and violent enmity, hatred, or malice. Compare synonyms for ACRIMONY; ANGER; HATRED.

   Synonyms:
   acrimony, animosity, antagonism, bitterness, enmity, hatred, hostility, ill will, malevolence, malice, malignity, rancor

   Antonyms:
   agreement, alliance, amity, concord, friendship, harmony, kindliness, kindness, regard, sympathy

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1. spite

   Synonyms:
   malice, malevolence, grudge, pique, hatred, ill-will, vindictiveness, rancor, spleen

   Antonyms:
   good will, benevolence, kindliness

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1. malice, maliciousness, spite, spitefulness, venomnoun

   feeling a need to see others suffer

   Synonyms:
   nastiness, cattiness, malevolence, malevolency, spitefulness, venom, malice, bitchiness, maliciousness

2. cattiness, bitchiness, spite, spitefulness, nastinessverb

   malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty

   Synonyms:
   nastiness, cattiness, filth, spitefulness, venom, malice, filthiness, bitchiness, foulness, maliciousness

3. hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spiteverb

   hurt the feelings of

   "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego"

   Synonyms:
   injure, hurt, suffer, smart, violate, shock, appall, wound, transgress, scandalise, pique, contuse, appal, scandalize, outrage, bruise, go against, breach, pain, offend, infract, anguish, ache, break

Matched Categories

1. • Malevolence

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1. spitenoun

   Synonyms:
   malice, malevolence, rancor, venom, gall, malignity, maliciousness, hate, grudge, pique, ill-nature

2. spitenoun

   Synonyms:
   defiance, opposition, despite, contempt

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1. spitenoun

   Synonyms:
   malignity, malice, rancor, hate, resentment, defiance, spleen

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1. List of paraphrases for "spite":

   regret, sorrow, weigh, sympathy, despite, sadness, grief, defiance

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1. George Bernard Shaw:

   All my life, affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have made has been taken in spite of it.

2. Paul E. Pfuetze:

   Now the alternative to despair is courage. And human life can be viewed as a continuous struggle between these two options. Courage is the capacity to affirm one's life in spite of the elements which threaten it. The fact that courage usually predominates over despair in itself tells us something important about life. It tells you that the forces that affirm life are stronger than those that negate it.

3. Li Keqiang:

   I explained to Mr Prime Minister that in recent years we have bought quite a lot of passenger aircraft, and there needs to be a period to digest this, in spite of this, we are still willing to strengthen cooperation with France's Airbus.

4. Jeffrey Gundlach:

   This is not a trader's market, it is a freight train that you want to stay in sync with. There's too much order and belief in markets in spite of big losses.

5. Denis Waitley:

   Determination gives you the resolve to keep going in spite of the roadblocks that lay before you.