Dictionary Entry
spite
spite is a 5-letter English word with 8 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Ill-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; petty malice; grudge; rancor; despite. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
Ill-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; petty malice; grudge; rancor; despite.
- 2noun
Vexation; chargrin; mortification.
- 3transitive verb
To be angry at; to hate.
- 4transitive verb
To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart.
- 5transitive verb
To fill with spite; to offend; to vex.
- 6noun
malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
- 7noun
feeling a need to See others suffer
- 8verb
hurt the feelings of
"She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"
"This remark really bruised my ego"
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