Meaning

3 senses
  1. (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

  2. (transitive)To fill with spite; to offend; to vex.

    ärgern

    злитьzlitʹ

  3. (obsolete, transitive)To be angry at; to hate.

    hassen

    ненавидетьnenavidetʹ

Examples

214 sentences
  1. Did Tom do that out of spite?

    Том зробив це на зло? — deniko

    ruТом сделал это назло? — odexed

  2. I went out in spite of the rain.

    Я вийшов, незважаючи на дощ. — deniko

    ruЯ вышел, несмотря на дождь. — Lenin_1917

    deIch bin trotz des Regens vor die Tür gegangen. — lilygilder

  3. He came in spite of the heavy snow.

    Він прийшов, незважаючи на сильний снігопад. — deniko

    ruОн пришел, несмотря на сильный снегопад. — sharptoothed

    deEr kam trotz des schweren Schneefalls. — cost

  4. He wasn't happy in spite of all his wealth.

    Він був нещасливий, незважаючи на все своє багатство. — aandrusiak

    ruОн не был счастлив, несмотря на всё своё богатство. — marafon

    deEr war trotz seines ganzen Wohlstandes nicht glücklich. — Espi

  5. He arrived on time in spite of the rain.

    Він прибув вчасно, незважаючи на дощ. — deniko

    ruОн прибыл вовремя, несмотря на дождь. — glavkos

    deTrotz des Regens kam er rechtzeitig an. — raggione

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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Forms

spites, spiting, spited, spited
Base formspite · to spite
3rd person singularspites
Present participlespiting
Past simplespited
Past participlespited

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyspite
he, she, itspites

Past simpleLesson

all personsspited

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave spited
he, she, ithas spited

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill spite

Synonyms

46 synonyms

Word family

4 related words

Collocations

4 patterns
  • in spite of
  • spite of the
  • spite of his
  • out in spite

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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