B2verb · transitive · common

spite

spite · spites · spited · spiting

ненавидіти

насолить, злить

ärgern, misshandeln, es heimzahlen

To treat maliciously; to try to hurt or thwartTo treat maliciously; to try to hurt or thwart.

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/spaɪt/

» Did Tom do that out of spite?

Том сделал это назло?

Том зробив це на зло?

Meaning

3 senses

(transitive)To treat maliciously; to try to hurt or thwart.
She soon married again, to spite her ex-husband.
ärgern, es heimzahlen, misshandeln
насолитьnasolitʹ
hurt the feelings of
(transitive)To fill with spite; to offend; to vex.
ärgern
злитьzlitʹ
(obsolete, transitive)To be angry at; to hate.
hassen
ненавидетьnenavidetʹ

Examples

214 sentences

Did Tom do that out of spite?
Том зробив це на зло?
ruТом сделал это назло?
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I went out in spite of the rain.
Я вийшов, незважаючи на дощ.
ruЯ вышел, несмотря на дождь.
deIch bin trotz des Regens vor die Tür gegangen.
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He came in spite of the heavy snow.
Він прийшов, незважаючи на сильний снігопад.
ruОн пришел, несмотря на сильный снегопад.
deEr kam trotz des schweren Schneefalls.
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He wasn't happy in spite of all his wealth.
Він був нещасливий, незважаючи на все своє багатство.
ruОн не был счастлив, несмотря на всё своё богатство.
deEr war trotz seines ganzen Wohlstandes nicht glücklich.
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He arrived on time in spite of the rain.
Він прибув вчасно, незважаючи на дощ.
ruОн прибыл вовремя, несмотря на дождь.
deTrotz des Regens kam er rechtzeitig an.
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Translations

5 languages

Русский

By meaning 3

to treat maliciously:

to be angry at; to hate:

to fill with spite:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to treat maliciously:

to be angry at; to hate:

Origin

From Middle English spit, a shortening of despit (whence despite), from Old French despit,

From Middle English spit, a shortening of despit (whence despite), from Old French despit, from Latin dēspectum (“looking down on”), from Latin dēspiciō (“to look down, despise”). Compare also North Frisian spīt, spīd (“regret”), Saterland Frisian Spiet (“regret, remorse”), West Frisian spyt (“regret”), Dutch spijt (“regret, remorse”), German Low German Spiet (“anger, regret, remorse”), German Spiet (“annoyance, vexation”), Swedish spit (“insult, outrage, annoyance”), Norwegian spit (“insult, outrage, annoyance”).

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