spite

S0650600 (spīt)n. Malicious ill will prompting an urge to hurt or humiliate another person.tr.v. spit·ed, spit·ing, spites To treat with spite; show spite toward: "Maybe she became engaged to him in order to spite another man" (Nathaniel West).Idiom: in spite of Not stopped by; regardless of: They kept going in spite of their fears.

[Middle English, short for despit; see despite.]

spite

(spaɪt) n1. maliciousness involving the desire to harm another; venomous ill will2. an instance of such malice; grudge3. archaic something that induces vexation4. in spite of (preposition) in defiance of; regardless of; notwithstandingvb (tr) 5. to annoy in order to vent spite6. archaic to offend[C13: variant of despite]

spite

(spaɪt)

n., v. spit•ed, spit•ing. n. 1. a malicious, usu. petty desire to harm, annoy, or humiliate another person; malice. 2. a particular instance of such an attitude or action; grudge. 3. Obs. something that causes vexation; annoyance. v.t. 4. to treat with spite or malice. 5. to annoy or thwart, out of spite. 6. to fill with spite; vex; offend. Idioms: in spite of, in disregard or defiance of; notwithstanding; despite. [1250–1300; Middle English; aph. variant of despite]

spite

Past participle: spited
Gerund: spiting

Imperative
spite
spite

Present
I spite
you spite
he/she/it spites
we spite
you spite
they spite

Preterite
I spited
you spited
he/she/it spited
we spited
you spited
they spited

Present Continuous
I am spiting
you are spiting
he/she/it is spiting
we are spiting
you are spiting
they are spiting

Present Perfect
I have spited
you have spited
he/she/it has spited
we have spited
you have spited
they have spited

Past Continuous
I was spiting
you were spiting
he/she/it was spiting
we were spiting
you were spiting
they were spiting

Past Perfect
I had spited
you had spited
he/she/it had spited
we had spited
you had spited
they had spited

Future
I will spite
you will spite
he/she/it will spite
we will spite
you will spite
they will spite

Future Perfect
I will have spited
you will have spited
he/she/it will have spited
we will have spited
you will have spited
they will have spited

Future Continuous
I will be spiting
you will be spiting
he/she/it will be spiting
we will be spiting
you will be spiting
they will be spiting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been spiting
you have been spiting
he/she/it has been spiting
we have been spiting
you have been spiting
they have been spiting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been spiting
you will have been spiting
he/she/it will have been spiting
we will have been spiting
you will have been spiting
they will have been spiting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been spiting
you had been spiting
he/she/it had been spiting
we had been spiting
you had been spiting
they had been spiting

Conditional
I would spite
you would spite
he/she/it would spite
we would spite
you would spite
they would spite

Past Conditional
I would have spited
you would have spited
he/she/it would have spited
we would have spited
you would have spited
they would have spited

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	spite - feeling a need to see others suffermalice, maliciousness, spitefulness, venommalevolence, malignity - wishing evil to others
	2.	spite - malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nastybitchiness, cattiness, nastiness, spitefulnessmalevolency, malice, malevolence - the quality of threatening evil
Verb	1.	spite - hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego"bruise, injure, wound, offend, hurtaffront, diss, insult - treat, mention, or speak to rudely; "He insulted her with his rude remarks"; "the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone"arouse, elicit, evoke, provoke, enkindle, kindle, fire, raise - call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"lacerate - deeply hurt the feelings of; distress; "his lacerating remarks"sting - cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging; "His remark stung her"abase, chagrin, humiliate, humble, mortify - cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"

spite

noun1. malice, malevolence, ill will, hate, hatred, gall, animosity, venom, spleen, pique, rancour, bitchiness (slang), malignity, spitefulness Never had she met such spite and pettiness.
malice kindness, benevolence, love, charity, goodwill, compassion, generosity of spirit, kindliness, big-heartedness, warm-heartednessverb1. annoy, hurt, injure, harm, provoke, offend, needle (informal), put out, gall, nettle, vex, pique, discomfit, put someone's nose out of joint (informal) He was giving his art collection away for nothing, to spite them.
annoy help, benefit, please, support, serve, aid, encourage, go along within spite of despite, regardless of, notwithstanding, in defiance of, (even) though Their love of life comes in spite of considerable hardship.Proverbs
"Don't cut off your nose to spite your face"

spite

noun1. A desire to harm others or to see others suffer:despitefulness, ill will, malevolence, malice, maliciousness, malignancy, malignity, meanness, nastiness, poisonousness, spitefulness, venomousness, viciousness.2. The quality or condition of being vindictive:revenge, spitefulness, vengefulness, vindictiveness.

Translations

恶意激怒刁难

spite

(spait) noun ill-will or desire to hurt or offend. She neglected to give him the message out of spite.恶意 verb to annoy, offend or frustrate, because of spite. He only did that to spite me!刁难ˈspiteful adjectivea spiteful remark/person; You're being very spiteful. 怀恨的，恶意的 ˈspitefully adverb恶狠狠地ˈspitefulness noun怀恨in spite of1. taking no notice of. He went in spite of his father's orders. 不管，不顾 2. although something has or had happened, is or was a fact etc. In spite of all the rain that had fallen, the ground was still pretty dry.尽管

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→ 恶意zhCN, 激怒zhCN

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don't cut off your nose to spite your face

Don't use self-destructive means to try to solve a problem or fix a situation. I know you're mad at your dad, but don't cut off your nose to spite your face—running away is only going to make your life harder.See also: cut, face, nose, off, spite

cut (one's) nose off to spite (one's) face

To use self-destructive means in an attempt to solve a problem or fix a situation. I know you're mad at your dad, but don't cut your nose off to spite your face—running away is only going to make your life harder.See also: cut, face, nose, off, spite

in spite of (something)

Regardless or in defiance of; despite. In spite of all the warnings, the hikers decided to climb the restricted route, and ended up having to be rescued. We have succeeded, in spite of all the setbacks.See also: of, spite

in spite of (oneself)

1. Despite one's own foibles, mistakes, or flaws. Somehow the Eagles managed to pull off a victory in spite of themselves. I knocked over my drink and called her the wrong name at one point, but all in all, I think the date went well in spite of myself.2. Despite or against one's desire or intention. I was scared senseless when I realized there was a burglar in the house, but I laughed in spite of myself when he slipped on a banana peel on the kitchen floor.See also: of, spite

cut off (one's) nose to spite (one's) face

To use self-destructive means in an attempt to solve a problem or fix a situation. I know you're mad at your dad, but don't cut off your nose to spite your face—running away is only going to make your life harder.See also: cut, face, nose, off, spite

out of spite

Done because of one's own spiteful, vengeful, or malicious feelings or intentions. The disgruntled postal worker stole hundreds of people's private letters after being fired and began posting them online out of spite. The judge and I had an argument a few years ago, so I think she's overruling my objections today just out of spite.See also: of, out, spite

cut one's nose off to spite one's face

Prov. to hurt yourself in an attempt to hurt someone else. (Often in the form, "Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.") Isaac dropped out of school because he wanted to make his father angry; years later, he realized that he had cut off his nose to spite his face.See also: cut, face, nose, off, spite

in spite of someone or something

without regard to someone or something; even though another course had been prescribed; ignoring a warning. In spite of her orders to stay, I left. In spite of the bad weather, I had fun on vacation.See also: of, spite

out of spite

with the desire to harm someone or something. Jane told some evil gossip about Bill out of spite. That was not an accident! You did it out of spite.See also: of, out, spite

cut off one's nose to spite one's face

Injure oneself out of pique. For example, Staying home because Meg was invited first is cutting off your nose to spite your face . Similar hyperboles appeared in several Latin proverbs; in English the expression was first recorded in 1561. See also: cut, face, nose, off, spite

hell or high water, come

Also, in spite of hell or high water . No matter what difficulty or obstacle, as in I'm going to finish this week, come hell or high water. This colloquial expression, alluding to the destructive forces of hellfire or flood, was first recorded in 1915 but is thought to be older. See also: come, hell, high

in spite of

Regardless of, in defiance of, as in They kept on in spite of their fears. [c. 1400] See also: of, spite

cut off your nose to spite your face

cut your nose off to spite your face

If someone cuts off their nose to spite their face, or cuts their nose off to spite their face, they do something to punish someone but in doing so harm themselves more than they harm the person they are punishing. The manager would probably like to leave Keane out of the squad but he knows that he'd be cutting his nose off to spite his face in losing a genuinely world-class player. Note: In this expression, `to spite' means to deliberately annoy or upset. See also: cut, face, nose, off, spite

cut off your nose to spite your face

disadvantage yourself in the course of trying to disadvantage another. This idea was proverbial for self-defeating malice in both medieval Latin and medieval French, and has been found in English since the mid 16th century.See also: cut, face, nose, off, spite

cut off your ˈnose to spite your ˈface

(informal) do something, for example because you are angry or proud, that is intended to hurt somebody else but in fact harms you: Keeping your class in after school as a punishment is cutting off your nose to spite your face, because you have to stay with them!This may come from the story of a Viking attack on a monastery. The nuns in the monastery cut off their own noses so that they would not be attractive to their attackers.See also: cut, face, nose, off, spite

in ˈspite of something

if you say that somebody does/did something in spite of a fact, you mean it is surprising that that fact does/did not prevent them from doing it; despite: In spite of his age, he still leads an active life. ♢ They went swimming in spite of all the danger signs. ♢ English became the official language for business in spite of the fact that the population was largely Chinese.See also: of, something, spite

(do something) in ˈspite of yourself

(do something) even though you do not want or expect to: He was a bit depressed so I tried to cheer him up with a joke. He smiled in spite of himself.See also: of, spite

cut off (one's) nose to spite (one's) face

To injure oneself in taking revenge against another.See also: cut, face, nose, off, spite

in spite of

Not stopped by; regardless of: They kept going in spite of their fears.See also: of, spite

cut off one's nose to spite one's face, to

To act out of pique in a way that injures oneself more than anyone else. The term appears about 1200 as a Latin proverb recorded by Peter of Blois. It was repeated in the mid-seventeenth century by Gedéon Tallemant des Réaux in recounting the history of France: “Henry IV understood very well that to destroy Paris would be, as they say, to cut off his nose to spite his face.”See also: cut, nose, off, spite

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don't cut off your nose to spite your face

cut (one's) nose off to spite (one's) face

in spite of (something)

in spite of (oneself)

cut off (one's) nose to spite (one's) face

out of spite

cut one's nose off to spite one's face

in spite of someone or something

out of spite

cut off one's nose to spite one's face

hell or high water, come

in spite of

cut off your nose to spite your face

cut your nose off to spite your face

cut off your nose to spite your face

cut off your ˈnose to spite your ˈface

in ˈspite of something

(do something) in ˈspite of yourself

cut off (one's) nose to spite (one's) face

in spite of

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noun malice

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verb annoy

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phrase in spite of

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noun a desire to harm others or to see others suffer

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noun the quality or condition of being vindictive

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noun feeling a need to see others suffer

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noun malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty

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verb hurt the feelings of

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