Meaning of Spite | Babel Free
spaɪtDefinitions
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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 uncountable, usually
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Vexation; chagrin; mortification. obsolete, uncountable, usually
Equivalents
Examples
“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.”
“Out of spite, the human beings pretended not to believe that it was Snowball who had destroyed the windmill: they said that it had fallen down because the walls were too thin.”
“sex with older men was a way to both internalize my spite towards my mother and to find security in a father figure I lacked with my own father.”
“"The time is out of joint: O cursed spite."”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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