"spite" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /spaɪt/ Audio: en-us-spite.ogg [US] Forms: spites [plural]
enPR: spīt Rhymes: -aɪt Etymology: 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 Dutch spijt and German Spiet. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*speḱ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|spit}} Middle English spit, {{m|enm|despit}} despit, {{m|en|despite}} despite, {{der|en|fro|despit}} Old French despit, {{der|en|la|dēspectum||looking down on}} Latin dēspectum (“looking down on”), {{der|en|la|dēspiciō||to look down, despise}} Latin dēspiciō (“to look down, despise”), {{cog|nl|spijt}} Dutch spijt, {{cog|de|Spiet}} German Spiet Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} spite (usually uncountable, plural spites)
  1. 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 Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Hatred Synonyms: grudge, rancor Translations (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure): քեն (kʿen) (Armenian), qərəz (Azerbaijani), despit (Basque), злина (zlina) [feminine] (Bulgarian), злоба (zloba) [feminine] (Bulgarian), despit (Catalan), 赌气 (dǔ qì) (Chinese Mandarin), zlomyslnost [feminine] (Czech), boosaardigheid [masculine] (Dutch), wrok [masculine] (Dutch), vahkviha (Estonian), pahansuopuus (Finnish), ilkeys (Finnish), häijyys (Finnish), kauna (Finnish), katkeruus (Finnish), dépit [masculine] (French), rancune (French), rancor [feminine] (Galician), xenreira [feminine] (Galician), Boshaftigkeit [feminine] (German), Gehässigkeit [feminine] (German), कीना (kīnā) (Hindi), खुनस (khunas) (Hindi), चिढ़ (ciṛh) (Hindi), द्वेष (dveṣ) (Hindi), कुनह (kunah) (Hindi), जलापा (jalāpā) (Hindi), ख़ार (xār) (Hindi), विद्वेष (vidveṣ) (Hindi), बुग़्ज़ (buġz) (Hindi), असूया (asūyā) (Hindi), जलन (jalan) (Hindi), rosszindulat (Hungarian), rosszakarat (Hungarian), despito (Ido), aicis [feminine] (Irish), rancore (Italian), malevolenza (Italian), зло́ба (zlóba) [feminine] (Macedonian), kaikino (Maori), hūneinei (Maori), ⁧کینه⁩ (kine) (Persian), ⁧زلیفن⁩ (zelifan) (Persian), Trots (Plautdietsch), niechęć [feminine] (Polish), uraza [feminine] (Polish), złość [feminine] (Polish), przekora [feminine] (Polish), przekorność [feminine] (Polish), desprezo [masculine] (Portuguese), rancor [masculine] (Portuguese), ciudă [feminine] (Romanian), răutate [feminine] (Romanian), ranchiună [feminine] (Romanian), недоброжелательность (nedobroželatelʹnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), враждебность (vraždebnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), असूया (asūyā) [feminine] (Sanskrit), despecho (Spanish), rencor (Spanish), malicia (Spanish), ojeriza [feminine] (Spanish), illvilja [common-gender] (Swedish), kin (Turkish), garez (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-spite-en-noun-sD4snXWp Disambiguation of Hatred: 23 32 1 0 30 14 Disambiguation of 'ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure': 89 11
  2. (obsolete) Vexation; chagrin; mortification. Tags: obsolete, uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Emotions, Hatred Translations (vexation, chagrin, mortification): проклетия (prokletija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ergernis (Dutch), droefheid (Dutch), ascese (Dutch), irritatie (Dutch), tusk (Estonian), meelehärm (Estonian), mielipaha (Finnish), dépit (French), Ärgernis [neuter] (German), dispetto (Italian), про́клетство (prókletstvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), hūneinei (Maori), supărare [feminine] (Romanian), dispreț [neuter] (Romanian), vexațiune [feminine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-spite-en-noun-Un-FXemE Disambiguation of Emotions: 19 36 1 1 28 16 Disambiguation of Hatred: 23 32 1 0 30 14 Disambiguation of 'vexation, chagrin, mortification': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: spight [obsolete] Derived forms: Hamiltonian spite, in spite of, in spite of oneself, in spite of someone's teeth, spite fence, spiteful, spite house, spite wall
Etymology number: 1

Preposition

IPA: /spaɪt/ Audio: en-us-spite.ogg [US]
enPR: spīt Rhymes: -aɪt Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=}} spite, {{en-prep}} spite
  1. Notwithstanding; despite.
    Sense id: en-spite-en-prep-7w53Xaos
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: spight [obsolete]
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /spaɪt/ Audio: en-us-spite.ogg [US] Forms: spites [present, singular, third-person], spiting [participle, present], spited [participle, past], spited [past]
enPR: spīt Rhymes: -aɪt Etymology: 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 Dutch spijt and German Spiet. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*speḱ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|spit}} Middle English spit, {{m|enm|despit}} despit, {{m|en|despite}} despite, {{der|en|fro|despit}} Old French despit, {{der|en|la|dēspectum||looking down on}} Latin dēspectum (“looking down on”), {{der|en|la|dēspiciō||to look down, despise}} Latin dēspiciō (“to look down, despise”), {{cog|nl|spijt}} Dutch spijt, {{cog|de|Spiet}} German Spiet Head templates: {{en-verb}} spite (third-person singular simple present spites, present participle spiting, simple past and past participle spited)
  1. (transitive) To treat maliciously; to try to hurt or thwart. Tags: transitive Translations (to treat maliciously): дразня (draznja) (Bulgarian), ядосвам (jadosvam) (Bulgarian), mishandle (Danish), mishandelen (Dutch), kiusata (Finnish), ärsyttää (Finnish), loukata (Finnish), ärgern (German), es heimzahlen (German), misshandeln (German), vessare (Italian), provocar (Portuguese), maltrata (Romanian), насолить (nasolitʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-spite-en-verb-8WMtVCUZ Disambiguation of 'to treat maliciously': 98 1 1
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To be angry at; to hate. Tags: obsolete, transitive Categories (topical): Hatred Translations (to be angry at; to hate): мразя (mrazja) (Bulgarian), ненавиждам (nenaviždam) (Bulgarian), hade (Danish), haten (Dutch), hassen (German), desprezar (Portuguese), urî (Romanian), ненавидеть (nenavidetʹ) [imperfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-spite-en-verb-KGa2iY7N Disambiguation of Hatred: 23 32 1 0 30 14 Disambiguation of 'to be angry at; to hate': 0 98 2
  3. (transitive) To fill with spite; to offend; to vex. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Hatred Translations (to fill with spite): ärgern (German), bosszant (Hungarian), ofensa (Romanian), vexa (Romanian), злить (zlitʹ) [imperfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-spite-en-verb-NQ3OmpLn Disambiguation of Hatred: 23 32 1 0 30 14 Disambiguation of 'to fill with spite': 2 1 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: spight [obsolete] Derived forms: cut off one's nose to spite one's face, spiter Related terms: malignant, malicious
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "."
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          "text": "He was so filled with spite for his ex-wife, his brother was afraid of what he might do.",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "text": "They did it just for spite.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Emivita, By Any Means Necessary: My Personal Struggles with Good and Evil",
          "text": "sex with older men was a way to both internalize my spite towards my mother and to find security in a father figure I lacked with my own father.",
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          "ill will"
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          "hatred"
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        [
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        ],
        [
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        [
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          "word": "grudge"
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          "word": "rancor"
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        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "kʿen",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "word": "քեն"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "word": "qərəz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "word": "despit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "zlina",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "злина"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "zloba",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "злоба"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "word": "despit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dǔ qì",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "word": "赌气"
        },
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "zlomyslnost"
        },
        {
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "boosaardigheid"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "wrok"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "word": "vahkviha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "word": "pahansuopuus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "word": "ilkeys"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "word": "häijyys"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "word": "kauna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "word": "katkeruus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dépit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "word": "rancune"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "rancor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "xenreira"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Boshaftigkeit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Gehässigkeit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "kīnā",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "word": "कीना"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "khunas",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "word": "खुनस"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "ciṛh",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "word": "चिढ़"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "dveṣ",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "word": "द्वेष"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "kunah",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "word": "कुनह"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "jalāpā",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "word": "जलापा"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "xār",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "word": "ख़ार"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "vidveṣ",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "word": "विद्वेष"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "buġz",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "word": "बुग़्ज़"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "asūyā",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "word": "असूया"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "jalan",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "word": "जलन"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "word": "rosszindulat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "word": "rosszakarat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "word": "despito"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "aicis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "word": "rancore"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "word": "malevolenza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "zlóba",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "зло́ба"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "word": "kaikino"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "word": "hūneinei"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "kine",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "word": "⁧کینه⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "zelifan",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "word": "⁧زلیفن⁩"
        },
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          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "word": "Trots"
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        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
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          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "niechęć"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "uraza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "złość"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "przekora"
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        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "przekorność"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "desprezo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rancor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ciudă"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "răutate"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ranchiună"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "nedobroželatelʹnostʹ",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "недоброжелательность"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vraždebnostʹ",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "враждебность"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "asūyā",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "असूया"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "word": "despecho"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "word": "rencor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "word": "malicia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ojeriza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "illvilja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "word": "kin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
          "word": "garez"
        }
      ]
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "проклетия"
        },
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          "sense": "vexation, chagrin, mortification",
          "word": "ergernis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 93",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "vexation, chagrin, mortification",
          "word": "droefheid"
        },
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          "_dis1": "7 93",
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "vexation, chagrin, mortification",
          "word": "ascese"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 93",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "vexation, chagrin, mortification",
          "word": "irritatie"
        },
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          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "vexation, chagrin, mortification",
          "word": "tusk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 93",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "vexation, chagrin, mortification",
          "word": "meelehärm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 93",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "vexation, chagrin, mortification",
          "word": "mielipaha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 93",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "vexation, chagrin, mortification",
          "word": "dépit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 93",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "vexation, chagrin, mortification",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Ärgernis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 93",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "vexation, chagrin, mortification",
          "word": "dispetto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 93",
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "prókletstvo",
          "sense": "vexation, chagrin, mortification",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "про́клетство"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 93",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "vexation, chagrin, mortification",
          "word": "hūneinei"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 93",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "vexation, chagrin, mortification",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "supărare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 93",
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          ],
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          "_dis1": "7 93",
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          "tags": [
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          ],
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        }
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        "2": "la",
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      "form": "spited",
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          "text": "She soon married again, to spite her ex-husband.",
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        "To treat maliciously; to try to hurt or thwart."
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        "(transitive) To treat maliciously; to try to hurt or thwart."
      ],
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "bg",
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          "sense": "to treat maliciously",
          "word": "дразня"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
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          "word": "ядосвам"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
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          "sense": "to treat maliciously",
          "word": "mishandle"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "to treat maliciously",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "to treat maliciously",
          "word": "kiusata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to treat maliciously",
          "word": "ärsyttää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to treat maliciously",
          "word": "loukata"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
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        {
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to treat maliciously",
          "word": "misshandeln"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to treat maliciously",
          "word": "vessare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
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          "sense": "to treat maliciously",
          "word": "provocar"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to treat maliciously",
          "word": "maltrata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
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        }
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        "(transitive, obsolete) To be angry at; to hate."
      ],
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          "code": "bg",
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          "word": "мразя"
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        {
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
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          "word": "ненавиждам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 98 2",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to be angry at; to hate",
          "word": "hade"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 98 2",
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to be angry at; to hate",
          "word": "haten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 98 2",
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          "word": "hassen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 98 2",
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to be angry at; to hate",
          "word": "desprezar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 98 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to be angry at; to hate",
          "word": "urî"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 98 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nenavidetʹ",
          "sense": "to be angry at; to hate",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "ненавидеть"
        }
      ]
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            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        "To fill with spite; to offend; to vex."
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        "(transitive) To fill with spite; to offend; to vex."
      ],
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          "_dis1": "2 1 97",
          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "to fill with spite",
          "word": "ärgern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 97",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to fill with spite",
          "word": "bosszant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 97",
          "code": "ro",
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          "sense": "to fill with spite",
          "word": "ofensa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 97",
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to fill with spite",
          "word": "vexa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 97",
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          "sense": "to fill with spite",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "злить"
        }
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "expansion": "spite",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "spite",
      "name": "en-prep"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "Notwithstanding; despite."
      ],
      "id": "en-spite-en-prep-7w53Xaos",
      "links": [
        [
          "Notwithstanding",
          "notwithstanding"
        ],
        [
          "despite",
          "despite"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/spaɪt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪt"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "spīt"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "spight"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spite"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "en:Emotions",
    "en:Hatred"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Hamiltonian spite"
    },
    {
      "word": "in spite of"
    },
    {
      "word": "in spite of oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "in spite of someone's teeth"
    },
    {
      "word": "spite fence"
    },
    {
      "word": "spiteful"
    },
    {
      "word": "spite house"
    },
    {
      "word": "spite wall"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*speḱ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "spit"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English spit",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "despit"
      },
      "expansion": "despit",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "despite"
      },
      "expansion": "despite",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "despit"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French despit",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "dēspectum",
        "4": "",
        "5": "looking down on"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin dēspectum (“looking down on”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "dēspiciō",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to look down, despise"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin dēspiciō (“to look down, despise”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "spijt"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch spijt",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Spiet"
      },
      "expansion": "German Spiet",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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 Dutch spijt and German Spiet.",
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    {
      "form": "spites",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-",
        "2": "s"
      },
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "."
        },
        {
          "text": "He was so filled with spite for his ex-wife, his brother was afraid of what he might do.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "They did it just for spite.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Emivita, By Any Means Necessary: My Personal Struggles with Good and Evil",
          "text": "sex with older men was a way to both internalize my spite towards my mother and to find security in a father figure I lacked with my own father.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Ill will",
          "ill will"
        ],
        [
          "hatred",
          "hatred"
        ],
        [
          "irritate",
          "irritate"
        ],
        [
          "annoy",
          "annoy"
        ],
        [
          "thwart",
          "thwart"
        ],
        [
          "disturb",
          "disturb"
        ],
        [
          "put out",
          "put out"
        ],
        [
          "malice",
          "malice"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "grudge"
        },
        {
          "word": "rancor"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Vexation; chagrin; mortification."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Vexation",
          "vexation"
        ],
        [
          "chagrin",
          "chagrin"
        ],
        [
          "mortification",
          "mortification"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Vexation; chagrin; mortification."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/spaɪt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪt"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-spite.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a1/En-us-spite.ogg/En-us-spite.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/En-us-spite.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "spīt"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "spight"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kʿen",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "word": "քեն"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "word": "qərəz"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "word": "despit"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zlina",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "злина"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zloba",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "злоба"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "word": "despit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dǔ qì",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "word": "赌气"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zlomyslnost"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "boosaardigheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wrok"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "word": "vahkviha"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "word": "pahansuopuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "word": "ilkeys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "word": "häijyys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "word": "kauna"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "word": "katkeruus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dépit"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "word": "rancune"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rancor"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "xenreira"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Boshaftigkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Gehässigkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kīnā",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "word": "कीना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "khunas",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "word": "खुनस"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "ciṛh",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "word": "चिढ़"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "dveṣ",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "word": "द्वेष"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kunah",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "word": "कुनह"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "jalāpā",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "word": "जलापा"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "xār",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "word": "ख़ार"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "vidveṣ",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "word": "विद्वेष"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "buġz",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "word": "बुग़्ज़"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "asūyā",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "word": "असूया"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "jalan",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "word": "जलन"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "word": "rosszindulat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "word": "rosszakarat"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "word": "despito"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aicis"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "word": "rancore"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "word": "malevolenza"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zlóba",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "зло́ба"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "word": "kaikino"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "word": "hūneinei"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kine",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "word": "⁧کینه⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "zelifan",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "word": "⁧زلیفن⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "word": "Trots"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "niechęć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "uraza"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "złość"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "przekora"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "przekorność"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "desprezo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rancor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ciudă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "răutate"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ranchiună"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nedobroželatelʹnostʹ",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "недоброжелательность"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vraždebnostʹ",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "враждебность"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "asūyā",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "असूया"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "word": "despecho"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "word": "rencor"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "word": "malicia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ojeriza"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "illvilja"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "word": "kin"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure",
      "word": "garez"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prokletija",
      "sense": "vexation, chagrin, mortification",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "проклетия"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "vexation, chagrin, mortification",
      "word": "ergernis"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "vexation, chagrin, mortification",
      "word": "droefheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "vexation, chagrin, mortification",
      "word": "ascese"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "vexation, chagrin, mortification",
      "word": "irritatie"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "vexation, chagrin, mortification",
      "word": "tusk"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "vexation, chagrin, mortification",
      "word": "meelehärm"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "vexation, chagrin, mortification",
      "word": "mielipaha"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "vexation, chagrin, mortification",
      "word": "dépit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "vexation, chagrin, mortification",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Ärgernis"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "vexation, chagrin, mortification",
      "word": "dispetto"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "prókletstvo",
      "sense": "vexation, chagrin, mortification",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "про́клетство"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "vexation, chagrin, mortification",
      "word": "hūneinei"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "vexation, chagrin, mortification",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "supărare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "vexation, chagrin, mortification",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "dispreț"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "vexation, chagrin, mortification",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vexațiune"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spite"
}

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  "categories": [
    "en:Emotions",
    "en:Hatred"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "cut off one's nose to spite one's face"
    },
    {
      "word": "spiter"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*speḱ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "spit"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English spit",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "despit"
      },
      "expansion": "despit",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "despite"
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      "expansion": "despite",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "fro",
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      },
      "expansion": "Old French despit",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "dēspectum",
        "4": "",
        "5": "looking down on"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin dēspectum (“looking down on”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "dēspiciō",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to look down, despise"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin dēspiciō (“to look down, despise”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "spijt"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch spijt",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Spiet"
      },
      "expansion": "German Spiet",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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 Dutch spijt and German Spiet.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "spites",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spiting",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spited",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spited",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "malignant"
    },
    {
      "word": "malicious"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She soon married again, to spite her ex-husband.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To treat maliciously; to try to hurt or thwart."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "malicious",
          "malicious"
        ],
        [
          "hurt",
          "hurt"
        ],
        [
          "thwart",
          "thwart"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To treat maliciously; to try to hurt or thwart."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be angry at; to hate."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "angry",
          "angry"
        ],
        [
          "hate",
          "hate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, obsolete) To be angry at; to hate."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To fill with spite; to offend; to vex."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "offend",
          "offend"
        ],
        [
          "vex",
          "vex"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To fill with spite; to offend; to vex."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/spaɪt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪt"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-spite.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a1/En-us-spite.ogg/En-us-spite.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/En-us-spite.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "spīt"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "spight"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "draznja",
      "sense": "to treat maliciously",
      "word": "дразня"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "jadosvam",
      "sense": "to treat maliciously",
      "word": "ядосвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to treat maliciously",
      "word": "mishandle"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to treat maliciously",
      "word": "mishandelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to treat maliciously",
      "word": "kiusata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to treat maliciously",
      "word": "ärsyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to treat maliciously",
      "word": "loukata"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to treat maliciously",
      "word": "ärgern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to treat maliciously",
      "word": "es heimzahlen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to treat maliciously",
      "word": "misshandeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to treat maliciously",
      "word": "vessare"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to treat maliciously",
      "word": "provocar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to treat maliciously",
      "word": "maltrata"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nasolitʹ",
      "sense": "to treat maliciously",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "насолить"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mrazja",
      "sense": "to be angry at; to hate",
      "word": "мразя"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nenaviždam",
      "sense": "to be angry at; to hate",
      "word": "ненавиждам"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to be angry at; to hate",
      "word": "hade"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to be angry at; to hate",
      "word": "haten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to be angry at; to hate",
      "word": "hassen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to be angry at; to hate",
      "word": "desprezar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to be angry at; to hate",
      "word": "urî"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nenavidetʹ",
      "sense": "to be angry at; to hate",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ненавидеть"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to fill with spite",
      "word": "ärgern"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to fill with spite",
      "word": "bosszant"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to fill with spite",
      "word": "ofensa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to fill with spite",
      "word": "vexa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zlitʹ",
      "sense": "to fill with spite",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "злить"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spite"
}

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  "categories": [
    "en:Emotions",
    "en:Hatred"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [],
  "etymology_text": "",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "prepositions",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "spite",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "spite",
      "name": "en-prep"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Notwithstanding; despite."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Notwithstanding",
          "notwithstanding"
        ],
        [
          "despite",
          "despite"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/spaɪt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪt"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-spite.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a1/En-us-spite.ogg/En-us-spite.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/En-us-spite.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "spīt"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "spight"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spite"
}

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