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spite
 
Noun spite has 2 senses
  1. malice, maliciousness, spite, spitefulness, venom - feeling a need to see others suffer
    --1 is a kind of malevolence, malignity
    Derived form: verb spite1
  2. cattiness, bitchiness, spite, spitefulness, nastiness - malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
    --2 is a kind of malevolence, malevolency, malice
    Derived form: verb spite1
Verb spite has 1 sense
  1. hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite - hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised me ego"
    --1 is one way to arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
    Derived forms: noun spite2, noun spite1
    Sample sentence:
    Sam cannot spite Sue
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