spite

Alternative forms

 * (obsolete)

Etymology 1
From, a shortening of (whence ), from , from , from. Compare also 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) 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
 * 2)  Vexation; chagrin; mortification.
 * 1)  Vexation; chagrin; mortification.
 * 1)  Vexation; chagrin; mortification.
 * 1)  Vexation; chagrin; mortification.
 * 1)  Vexation; chagrin; mortification.
 * 1)  Vexation; chagrin; mortification.
 * 1)  Vexation; chagrin; mortification.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Basque:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: despit
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: zlomyslnost,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: vahkviha
 * Finnish:, , , ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician: ,
 * Georgian:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:, , , , , , , , बुग़्ज़, ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Irish: aicis
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: зло́ба
 * Maori: kaikino, hūneinei
 * Persian: ,
 * Plautdietsch: Trots
 * Polish:, , , ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Spanish:, , ,
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:, , ,
 * Estonian:, meelehärm
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: про́клетство
 * Maori: hūneinei
 * Romanian:, ,

Verb

 * 1)  To treat maliciously; to try to hurt or thwart.
 * 2)  To be angry at; to hate.
 * 3)  To fill with spite; to offend; to vex.
 * 1)  To fill with spite; to offend; to vex.
 * 1)  To fill with spite; to offend; to vex.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Czech: udělat naschvál
 * Danish: mishandle
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * German:, es heimzahlen,
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Danish: hade
 * Dutch:
 * German:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:


 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:

Preposition

 * 1) Notwithstanding; despite.

Etymology
From.

Adverb

 * 1) in spite of
 * 2) defiantly

Usage notes
Often used with the accusative or with the preposition.