spite

Betekenis (Engels)

1. 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
2. (obsolete) Vexation; chagrin; mortification.

malice

hatred

evil intention

ill-feeling

look upon with hatred

out of spite

in defiance

evil thought

hard feelings

no love lost

malicious motive

be rancor

harbour resentment

amarulence

Frekwensie

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/spaɪt/

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 Dutch spijt and German Spiet.