spite
Betekenis (Engels)
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- 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
- (obsolete) Vexation; chagrin; mortification.
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Synoniemen
evil intention
ill-feeling
look upon with hatred
out of spite
in defiance
evil thought
malicious motive
be rancor
harbour resentment
amarulence
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Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/spaɪt/
Etymologie (Engels)
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.
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