Synonyms for spite
spaɪtspite

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1. spite

   Enmity is the state of being an enemy or the feeling and disposition characterizing an enemy (compare ENEMY). Animosity denotes a feeling more active and vehement, but often less enduring and determined, than enmity. Enmity distinctly recognizes its object as an enemy, to be met or dealt with accordingly. Hostility is enmity in action; the term hostilities between nations denotes actual armed collision. Bitterness is a resentful feeling arising from a belief that one has been wronged; acrimony is a kindred feeling, but deeper and more persistent, and may arise from the crossing of one's wishes or plans by another, where no injustice or wrong is felt. Antagonism, as between two competing authors or merchants, does not necessarily imply enmity, but ordinarily suggests a shade, at least, of hostile feeling. Malice is a disposition or intent to injure others, for the gratification of some evil passion; malignity is intense and violent enmity, hatred, or malice. Compare synonyms for ACRIMONY; ANGER; HATRED.

   Synonyms:
   acrimony, animosity, antagonism, bitterness, enmity, hatred, hostility, ill will, malevolence, malice, malignity, rancor

   Antonyms:
   agreement, alliance, amity, concord, friendship, harmony, kindliness, kindness, regard, sympathy

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1. spite

   Synonyms:
   malice, malevolence, grudge, pique, hatred, ill-will, vindictiveness, rancor, spleen

   Antonyms:
   good will, benevolence, kindliness

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1. malice, maliciousness, spite, spitefulness, venomnoun

   feeling a need to see others suffer

   Synonyms:
   nastiness, cattiness, malevolence, malevolency, spitefulness, venom, malice, bitchiness, maliciousness

2. cattiness, bitchiness, spite, spitefulness, nastinessverb

   malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty

   Synonyms:
   nastiness, cattiness, filth, spitefulness, venom, malice, filthiness, bitchiness, foulness, maliciousness

3. hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spiteverb

   hurt the feelings of

   "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego"

   Synonyms:
   injure, hurt, suffer, smart, violate, shock, appall, wound, transgress, scandalise, pique, contuse, appal, scandalize, outrage, bruise, go against, breach, pain, offend, infract, anguish, ache, break

Matched Categories

1. • Malevolence

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1. spitenoun

   Synonyms:
   malice, malevolence, rancor, venom, gall, malignity, maliciousness, hate, grudge, pique, ill-nature

2. spitenoun

   Synonyms:
   defiance, opposition, despite, contempt

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1. spitenoun

   Synonyms:
   malignity, malice, rancor, hate, resentment, defiance, spleen

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1. List of paraphrases for "spite":

   regret, sorrow, weigh, sympathy, despite, sadness, grief, defiance

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1. Jayadeva de Silva:

   Self-motivation without gratitude is impossible. Our energy is "sapped" when our entire focus is on what's wrong instead of what is right with our lives. One of our greatest challenges is to live and love in spite of pain and disappointment...to find gratitude in the midst of it all. -Jayadeva De Silva

2. The Conservative minister:

   We believe strongly that in spite of the international challenges which we and other countries have to confront, we're on the right path, and it's really important to stay the course of a low-tax plan for jobs and growth, we think getting into long-term structural deficits are precisely the wrong thing to do.

3. EducationBusiness:

   Most private schools across India have not paid salaries to their teachers in the last few months in spite of fact that these were giving peanuts remuneration to their teaching faculty and charging exorbitant fees from the students before lockdown. What punitive action has been taken against such inhumane management and erring institutions ?

4. Author Unknown:

   Children are natural mimics; they act like their parents in spite of every effort to teach them good manners.

5. United States:

   In spite of all the uncertainty, the United States economy continues to grow in 2019, albeit more slowly than in 2018.