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What (who) is spite - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Spitefulness; Spite (disambiguation)
spite
n.
1) in spite of
2) out of spite (they did it out of spite)
spite
¦ noun a desire to hurt, annoy, or offend.
¦ verb deliberately hurt, annoy, or offend.
Phrases
in spite of without being affected by the particular factor mentioned.
in spite of oneself although one did not want or expect to do so.
Origin
ME: shortening of OFr. despit 'contempt', despiter 'show contempt for'.
spite
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
You use in spite of to introduce a fact which makes the rest of the statement you are making seem surprising.
Their love of life comes in spite of, almost in defiance of, considerable hardship.
= despite
PREP-PHRASE
2.
If you do something in spite of yourself, you do it although you did not really intend to or expect to.
The blunt comment made Richard laugh in spite of himself...
PREP-PHRASE: PREP pron-refl
3.
If you do something cruel out of spite, you do it because you want to hurt or upset someone.
I refused her a divorce, out of spite I suppose...
N-UNCOUNT
4.
If you do something cruel to spite someone, you do it in order to hurt or upset them.
Pantelaras was giving his art collection away for nothing, to spite Marie and her husband.
VERB: only to-inf, V n
5.
Wikipedia
Spite
Spite may refer to:
- Spite (sentiment), to intentionally annoy, hurt, or upset without self-benefit
- Spite (game theory), a phenomenon in fair division economics problems
- Spite (punk band), a hardcore punk band from Michigan
- Spite (deathcore band), a deathcore band from Southern California
- Spite plateau, a baseline in the abundance of lithium found in old stars orbiting the galactic halo
Examples of use of spite
1. "The people have voted for us, in spite of queues, in spite of economic problems," Mr GarcĂa said.
2. "The people have voted for us, in spite of queues, in spite of economic problems," Mr Garc ía said.
3. In spite of this disappointment and in spite of the past, we have to continue with the peace process.
4. "In spite of our numerous requests, and in spite of frequent and repeated warnings, our requests have fallen on deaf ears," wrote Egged to the settlers.
5. "Che was loved, in spite of being stern and demanding.