spite
121cut\ off\ one's\ nose\ to\ spite\ one's\ face — v. phr. To suffer from an action intended originally to harm another person. In walking out and leaving his employer in the lurch, John really cut off his nose to spite his face, since no business wanted to hire him afterwards …
122to\ spite\ one's\ face — See: cut off one s nose to spite one s face …
123cut off your nose to spite your face — If you cut off your nose to spite your face, you do something rash or silly that ends up making things worse for you, often because you are angry or upset. (Dorking School Dictionary) …
124cut off your nose to spite your face — make your problem worse, hurt yourself because you dislike yourself If you abuse drugs to forget a problem, you are cutting off your nose to spite your face …
125cut off one's nose to spite one's face — make things worse for oneself because one is angry at someone else He is cutting off his nose to spite his face. Taking revenge on his neighbor will only cause more problems for himself …
126in spite of — in opposition to, despite In spite of the terrible weather we went to the beach for a picnic …
127in spite of oneself — although one did not want or expect to do so. → spite …
128in spite of — without being affected by the particular factor mentioned. → spite …