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spite

释义

spite

noun uncountable

UK /spaɪt/

1
a feeling of wanting to upset someone or cause problems for them, especially because you think something is unfair
a candidate motivated by political spite
out of spite:
She refused out of spite.
Synonyms and related words
Anger and annoyance
asperity
anger
annoyance

phrases

in spite of something

in spite of yourself

spite

noun uncountable

US /spaɪt/

1
a feeling of wanting to upset someone or cause problems for them, especially because you think something is unfair
a candidate motivated by political spite
out of spite:
She refused out of spite.
Synonyms and related words
Anger and annoyance
asperity
anger
annoyance

phrases

in spite of something

in spite of yourself

spite

verb transitive always in infinitive

UK /spaɪt/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	spite
he/she/it	spites
present participle	spiting
past tense	spited
past participle	spited

1
to deliberately upset someone or cause them problems
She was prepared to marry him just to spite her parents.
Synonyms and related words
To cause problems for someone or something
let down
hold back
embarrass
Synonyms and related words
To be cruel or unkind to someone
abuse
mistreat
oppress

spite

verb transitive always in infinitive

US /spaɪt/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	spite
he/she/it	spites
present participle	spiting
past tense	spited
past participle	spited

1
to deliberately upset someone or cause them problems
She was prepared to marry him just to spite her parents.
Synonyms and related words
To cause problems for someone or something
let down
hold back
embarrass
Synonyms and related words
To be cruel or unkind to someone
abuse
mistreat
oppress

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