spite
noun
[ spʌɪt ]
• a desire to hurt, annoy, or offend someone.
• "he'd think I was saying it out of spite"
Similar:
malice,
maliciousness,
ill will,
ill feeling,
spitefulness,
bitterness,
animosity,
hostility,
antagonism,
enmity,
resentment,
resentfulness,
rancour,
malevolence,
venom,
spleen,
gall,
malignance,
malignity,
evil intentions,
envy,
hate,
hatred,
vengeance,
vengefulness,
vindictiveness,
nastiness,
mean-spiritedness,
meanness,
bitchiness,
cattiness,
maleficence,
spite
verb
• deliberately hurt, annoy, or offend (someone).
• "he put the house up for sale to spite his family"
Similar:
upset,
hurt,
wound,
distress,
injure,
annoy,
irritate,
vex,
displease,
provoke,
gall,
peeve,
pique,
offend,
put out,
thwart,
foil,
frustrate,
aggravate,
rile,
miff,
piss off,
Origin:
Middle English: shortening of Old French despit ‘contempt’, despiter ‘show contempt for’.
