B2noun · uncountable · common

spite

злість

злость, враждебность, недоброжелательность

Boshaftigkeit, Gehässigkeit

Ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the desire to unjustifiably…Ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the desire to unjustifiably irritate, annoy, or thwart; a want to disturb or put out another; mild malice.

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/spaɪt/

» Did Tom do that out of spite?

Том сделал это назло?

Том зробив це на зло?

Meaning

2 senses

(uncountable, usually)Ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the desire to unjustifiably irritate, annoy, or thwart; a want to disturb or put out another; mild malice.
He was so filled with spite for his ex-wife, his brother was afraid of what he might do.
They did it just for spite.
Boshaftigkeit, Gehässigkeit
недоброжелательностьnedobroželatelʹnostʹ, враждебностьvraždebnostʹ, злостьzlostʹ
злістьzlistʹ
(obsolete, uncountable, usually)Vexation; chagrin; mortification.
Ärgernis

More definitions

malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
feeling a need to see others suffer

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

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure:

Русский

By meaning 1

ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure:

vexation, chagrin, mortification:

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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