spite
US: /ˈspaɪt/
UK: /spˈaɪt/
UK: /spˈaɪt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
spite /spait/
- danh từ
- sự giận, sự không bằng lòng
- to have a spite against someone: giận ai
- sự thù oán; mối hận thù
- to do something from (in, out of) pure spite: làm việc gì hoàn toàn vì thù hằn
- in spite of
- mặc dầu
- sự giận, sự không bằng lòng
- ngoại động từ
- làm khó chịu, làm phiền, trêu tức
- he did it to spite me: hắn làm như thế để trêu tức tôi
- to cut off one's nose to spite one's face
- (xem) nose
- làm khó chịu, làm phiền, trêu tức
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun [U] a feeling of wanting to hurt or upset sb
Synonym: MALICE
I'm sure he only said it out of spite.
Idioms: in spite of sth if you say that sb did sth in spite of a fact, you mean it is surprising that that fact did not prevent them from doing it
Synonym: DESPITE
In spite of his age, he still leads an active life. + They went swimming in spite of all the danger signs. + English became the official language for business in spite of the fact that the population was largely Chinese.
in spite of yourself if you do sth in spite of yourself, you do it although you did not intend or expect to: He fell asleep, in spite of himself. + In spite of herself, tears welled up in her eyes.
+ verb [VN] (only used in the infinitive with to) to deliberately annoy or upset sb: They're playing the music so loud just to spite us.
Idioms see NOSE n.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 spitefulness, maliciousness, malice, malevolence, malignity, ill will, venom, spleen, rancour, animosity, gall (and wormwood), resentment, bitterness, hostility, antagonism, hatred, hate, Colloq bitchiness:
Just out of spite, Marian saw to it that he didn't get the job.
2 in spite of. despite, notwithstanding, regardless of, ignoring, in defiance of:
In spite of his efforts to be helpful, she despises him.
v.
3 annoy, irritate, vex, upset, disconcert, offend, provoke, discomfit, pique, put out, hurt, injure, wound, Colloq peeve, get under (someone's) skin, needle, US do a number on:
He would cut off his nose to spite his face. He told her he was happy only to spite her for having divorced him.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
pure | personal
VERB + SPITE
be full of, feel
She was angry and full of spite.
| vent
He vented his spite on his grandfather.
PREP.
out of ~
She killed her neighbour's cow out of pure spite.
| with ~
‘Your cooking is hard to forget’, he said with spite.
| ~ towards
I felt no spite towards her.
Concise English dictionary
spites|spited|spitingspaɪt
noun
+feeling a need to see others suffer
+malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
verb
+hurt the feelings of
