Spite (Noun)
Meaning 1
Feeling a need to see others suffer.
Classification
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions.
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Meaning 2
Malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty.
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
Examples
- He harbored spite towards his ex-wife for leaving him, and would often try to undermine her relationships.
- She couldn't help but feel a twinge of spite whenever she saw her coworker's smug smile.
- The spite in his eyes made her take a step back, as if he was trying to intimidate her.
- His spiteful words cut deep, and it took her weeks to recover from the verbal lashing.
- The spite that drove him to sabotage his rival's business deal would ultimately be his undoing.