| 单词 | to spite |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto spite (one) b. In the phrase to spite (one), in order to vent spite or spleen upon (another); with the object or intention of vexing or annoying. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > spite, malice > [adverb] maliciouslya1325 despitouslyc1374 doggedlyc1380 spitouslya1387 venomly1387 spitousc1400 venomously1449 sputouslyc1450 evilfullyc1475 despitefully1487 despiteouslya1500 enviously1508 unhappily1509 peevishly?1529 spitefully1532 cankeredly1535 viperiously1538 malignly1543 sinisterlyc1550 to spite (one)a1575 doggishly1576 cankerly1580 viperously1587 sinistruouslya1615 despitely1619 waspishly1684 viciously1841 waspily1854 dolefully1880 cattishly1913 cattily1924 bitchily1961 bitchingly1970 a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 209 For nothing else but to spight the Pope. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. i. 112 I am recklesse what I doe, To spight the World. View more context for this quotation 1683 A. Wood Life & Times (1894) III. 72 Thanksgiving day: appointed I presume on that day to spite the Presbyterians. 1880 ‘Ouida’ Moths I. 31 I'll keep the child to spite her. 1885 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ At Bay xi. 166 I don't fancy Deering will cut off his nose to spite his face. < as lemmas |
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