The meaning of Spite

verb

Make (a problem, injury, or offence) worse or more serious.

Usage examples:

Military action would only aggravate the situation

verb

To make something bad worse

Usage examples:

Road repair work has aggravated the problem of traffic congestion., it really aggravates me when th…

noun

Strong hostility.

Usage examples:

He no longer felt any animosity towards her

verb

Make (someone) a little angry; irritate.

Usage examples:

The decision really annoyed him

verb

To make someone slightly angry or upset

Usage examples:

I know you’re doing this only to annoy me., [ u ] as soon as he saw me, a look of annoyance crossed…

noun

Active hostility or opposition.

Usage examples:

The antagonism between them

noun

Strong dislike or opposition, or a particular example of it

Usage examples:

[ u ] the attorney accused the witness of antagonism toward his client.

noun

Sharpness of taste; lack of sweetness.

Usage examples:

The lime juice imparts a slight bitterness

verb

Make (someone) feel annoyed or dissatisfied.

Usage examples:

The tone of the letter displeased him

verb

To cause someone to be annoyed

Usage examples:

The city council said it was displeased with the way the mayor had allocated parking spaces., they …

noun

Extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain.

Usage examples:

To his distress he saw that she was trembling

verb

Another term for distraint.

noun

Great mental or physical suffering, such as extreme anxiety, sadness, or pain, or the state of being in danger or urgent need

Usage examples:

Emotional/financial distress, four men were rescued from a fishing boat in distress off the coast.,…

noun

A state or feeling of active opposition or hostility.

Usage examples:

Decades of enmity between the two countries

noun

Strong dislike or hate

verb

Prevent (something considered wrong or undesirable) from succeeding.

Usage examples:

A brave policewoman foiled the armed robbery

noun

The track or scent of a hunted animal.

noun

Metal hammered or rolled into a thin flexible sheet, used chiefly for covering or wrapping food.

Usage examples:

Aluminium foil

verb

Prevent (a plan or attempted action) from progressing, succeeding, or being fulfilled.

Usage examples:

The rescue attempt was frustrated by bad weather

adjective

Frustrated.

Hinder or prevent, as an effort, plan, or desire

noun

Bold and impudent behaviour.

Usage examples:

The bank had the gall to demand a fee

verb

Make (someone) feel annoyed or resentful.

Usage examples:

It galled him to have to sit impotently in silence

noun

An abnormal growth formed in response to the presence of insect larvae, mites, or fungi on plants and trees, especially oaks.

Usage examples:

A single grub feeds on its gall for two years before emerging

noun

Hostile behaviour; unfriendliness or opposition.

Usage examples:

Their hostility to all outsiders

noun

An occasion when someone is unfriendly or shows that they do not like something

Usage examples:

They showed open (= obvious) hostility to/towards their new neighbours., hostilities began/broke ou…

verb

Cause pain or injury to.

Usage examples:

Ow! you're hurting me!

adjective

Physically injured.

Usage examples:

He complained of a hurt leg and asked his trainer to stop the fight

noun

Physical injury; harm.

Usage examples:

Rolling properly into a fall minimizes hurt

verb

Do physical harm or damage to (someone).

Usage examples:

The explosion injured several people

verb

Cause bodily harm to

verb

Make (someone) annoyed or a little angry.

Usage examples:

His tone irritated her

verb

To annoy or make angry

Usage examples:

After a while the noise began to irritate him., at first my contact lenses irritated my eyes.

noun

The state or condition of being malevolent; hostility.

Usage examples:

His eyes were glowing with malevolence

noun

The quality of causing or wanting to cause harm or evil

Usage examples:

It was an act of great malevolence., her eyes flashed pure malevolence.

noun

The desire to harm someone; ill will.

Usage examples:

I bear no malice towards anybody

noun

The intention to do something wrong and esp. to cause injury

Usage examples:

An employee would have to prove an employer acted out of malice in order to sue.

noun

The quality of being malign.

Usage examples:

A spirit of pure, unadulterated malignance towards the world

noun

The quality of intending to cause harm

Usage examples:

He admitted that he misjudged the malignity of his opponent., the attack was an act of genuine mali…

verb

Annoy.

Usage examples:

I'll confess it miffed me slightly at the time

noun

A petty quarrel or fit of pique.

Usage examples:

Like ladies in a miff who won't explain

verb

Cause to feel upset, annoyed, or resentful.

Usage examples:

17 per cent of viewers said they had been offended by bad language

verb

To cause to be upset or to hurt the feelings of someone, esp. by being rude or showing a lack of respect

Usage examples:

I think she was offended that she wasn’t invited to the party.

verb

To commit a crime

Usage examples:

She was released from jail, only to offend again three weeks later., the store refused to stock the…

verb

Annoy or irritate.

Usage examples:

That was the one thing that peeved him

noun

A cause of annoyance.

Usage examples:

Another peeve of mine is these so called reality shows

noun

A feeling of irritation or resentment resulting from a slight, especially to one's pride.

Usage examples:

He left in a fit of pique

verb

Arouse (interest or curiosity).

Usage examples:

With his scientific curiosity piqued, he was looking forward to being able to analyse his find

verb

Score a pique against (one's opponent).

phrasal verb

To leave or go away; used especially as a rude way of telling someone to go away

Usage examples:

Everyone just pissed off and left me to clean up., why don't you just piss off - you've caused enou…

phrasal verb

To leave or go away; used especially as a rude way of telling someone to go away

Usage examples:

Everyone just pissed off and left me to clean up., why don't you just piss off - you've caused enou…

phrasal verb

To annoy someone

Usage examples:

He never helps with the housework and it's starting to piss me off.

verb

Stimulate or give rise to (a reaction or emotion, typically a strong or unwelcome one) in someone.

Usage examples:

The decision provoked a storm of protest from civil rights organizations

verb

Provide the needed stimulus for

verb

To try to make a person or an animal angry or annoyed

Usage examples:

He was trying to provoke me into a fight., i’m trying to make people think, provoke their emotions.…

noun

Bitterness or resentfulness, especially when long standing.

Usage examples:

He spoke without rancour

noun

A feeling of hate and continuing anger about something in the past

Usage examples:

They cheated me, but i feel no rancour towards/against them.

noun

A feeling of anger because you have been forced to accept something that you do not like

Usage examples:

I think this decision will create resentfulness., a certain resentfulness toward the government beg…

noun

Bitter indignation at having been treated unfairly.

Usage examples:

His resentment at being demoted

noun

A feeling of anger because you have been forced to accept something that you do not like

Usage examples:

He harbours a deep resentment against his parents for his miserable childhood., this decision has c…

verb

Make (someone) annoyed or irritated.

Usage examples:

He has been riled by suggestions that his arsenal future is in doubt

noun

The quality of wanting to annoy, upset, or hurt another person, because you feel angry towards them

Usage examples:

There is an incredible level of small-minded immaturity and spitefulness among some people.

noun

An abdominal organ involved in the production and removal of blood cells in most vertebrates and forming part of the immune system.

Usage examples:

Glass particles were found in the pulmonary capillaries, livers, kidneys, spleens, and intestinal w…

verb

Prevent (someone) from accomplishing something.

Usage examples:

He never did anything to thwart his father

noun

A structural crosspiece forming a seat for a rower in a boat.

Usage examples:

Her hull is painted white with blue trim on the thwarts.

preposition

From one side to another side of (an area); across.

Usage examples:

A pink-tinged cloud spread thwart the shore

verb

Make (someone) unhappy, disappointed, or worried.

Usage examples:

The accusation upset her

noun

An unexpected result or situation.

Usage examples:

The greatest upset in boxing history

adjective

Unhappy, disappointed, or worried.

Usage examples:

She looked pale and upset

noun

A poisonous substance secreted by animals such as snakes, spiders, and scorpions and typically injected into prey or aggressors by biting or stinging.

Usage examples:

Snake venoms have different effects

noun

A poisonous liquid produced by some snakes, insects, and spiders when they bite

Usage examples:

Fig. his diary was full of venom and hate for everyone in authority., a venomous snake/spider

verb

Make (someone) feel annoyed, frustrated, or worried, especially with trivial matters.

Usage examples:

The memory of the conversation still vexed him

adjective

Angry; annoyed.

Usage examples:

I ain't vex with you

verb

To cause someone to feel annoyance or trouble

Usage examples:

The question that vexes ben the most is, "why me?", rising gas prices are a vexing problem.

noun

An injury to living tissue caused by a cut, blow, or other impact, typically one in which the skin is cut or broken.

Usage examples:

A knife wound

verb

Inflict a wound on.

Usage examples:

The sergeant was seriously wounded

verb

Past and past participle of wind2.