spite
noun · verb · prepositionA2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(uncountable, usually)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.
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.
Đồng nghĩa: grudge, rancor
- 2.
(obsolete, uncountable, usually)Vexation; chagrin; mortification.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To treat maliciously; to try to hurt or thwart.
She soon married again, to spite her ex-husband.
Đồng nghĩa: hate on, malice, malign
- 2.
(obsolete, transitive)To be angry at; to hate.
Đồng nghĩa: abhor, detest, loathe, abhor, abominate, can't stand, can't stand the sight of, despise, detest, disrelish, execrate, hate, loathe, resent, spite
- 3.
(transitive)To fill with spite; to offend; to vex.
Đồng nghĩa: affront, insult, misbid, abuse, affront, burn, carry, cut down, disrespect, dis, diss, give stick, heckle, hurt someone's feelings, insult, lapidate, qualifier, misbid, misrespect, misuse, offend, send, scandal, scandalize, slag, slag off, sledge, slight, slur, sneap, spite, wound
preposition
prepositionspight
- 1.
Notwithstanding; despite.
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ine-pro From Middle English spit, a shortening of despit (whence despite), from Old French despit, from Latin dēspectum (looking down on), from Latin dēspiciō (to look down, despise). Compare also spīt, spīd (regret), Spiet, spyt, spijt, Spiet, Spiet, spit, spit.