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  • 1Spite — Spite, n. [Abbreviated fr. despite.] 1. Ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; petty malice; grudge; rancor; despite. Pope. [1913 Webster] This is the deadly spite that angers. Shak.… …

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  • 2Spite of — Spite Spite, n. [Abbreviated fr. despite.] 1. Ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; petty malice; grudge; rancor; despite. Pope. [1913 Webster] This is the deadly spite that angers.… …

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  • 3Spite (disambiguation) — Spite or Spiteful may refer to: *a human sentiment, see spite (sentiment) *Spite, in fair division problems, a phenomenon in which a player s value of an allocation decreases when one or more other players valuation increases *HMS Spiteful… …

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  • 4Spite and Malice — is a card game for two or more players; it is a form of competitive solitaire. It is also known as Cat and Mouse and commercially sold as Skip Bo. A different card game also known as Spite and Malice is sold by Hasbro… …

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  • 5spite — ► NOUN ▪ a desire to hurt, annoy, or offend. ► VERB ▪ deliberately hurt, annoy, or offend. ● in spite of Cf. ↑in spite of ● in spite of oneself Cf. ↑in spite of oneself …

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  • 6Spite (sentiment) — Spite is a strong feeling of contempt, hatred, grudge, desire to injure, motivated by envy or perceived suffering of injustice.The infamous Underground Man, of Fyodor Dostoevsky s well known novella Notes From Underground, is a widely known and… …

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  • 7spite´ful|ness — spite|ful «SPYT fuhl», adjective. full of spite; eager to annoy; behaving with ill will and malice: »a spiteful remark. The spiteful little girl tore up her older sister s papers. SYNONYM(S): malicious, malevolent. –spite´ful|ly, adverb.… …

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  • 8spite´ful|ly — spite|ful «SPYT fuhl», adjective. full of spite; eager to annoy; behaving with ill will and malice: »a spiteful remark. The spiteful little girl tore up her older sister s papers. SYNONYM(S): malicious, malevolent. –spite´ful|ly, adverb.… …

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  • 9spite|ful — «SPYT fuhl», adjective. full of spite; eager to annoy; behaving with ill will and malice: »a spiteful remark. The spiteful little girl tore up her older sister s papers. SYNONYM(S): malicious, malevolent. –spite´ful|ly, adverb. –spite´ful|ness,… …

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  • 10Spite — Spite, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spiting}.] 1. To be angry at; to hate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The Danes, then . . . pagans, spited places of religion. Fuller. [1913 Webster] 2. To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart …

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