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. John Gaskin III:

   It's quite evident that change is coming down the pike. This is encouraging, it's so unfortunate that Michael Brown had to be killed. But in spite of that, I feel justice is coming.

2. Andy Palmer:

   Taking this debt on - short-term debt - is we think the correct tool to completely remove that thesis that we don't have sufficient liquidity, in every substantial and material way, this ensures that we can get through to DBX in spite of what all of those global uncertainties might throw at us.

3. Paul Tillich:

   The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.

4. Butler:

   Man is supreme lord and master Of his own ruin and disaster, Controls his fate, but nothing less In ordering his own happiness: For all his care and providence Is too feeble a defence To render it secure and certain Against the injuries of Fortune; And oft, in spite of all his wit, Is lost by one unlucky hit, And ruined with a circumstance, And mere punctilio of a chance.

5. Russian President Vladimir Putin:

   Spite is an underestimated quality in international relations, russia stood to gain basically nothing from playing the Kim Jong Un card. It was sort of a' screw you' policy.