Spite — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

feeling a need to see others suffer

malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/spˈaɪt/

🇬🇧British English

/spˈaɪt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/spˈaɪt/

1 syllable Say it as /spˈaɪt/.

Examples

She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests
This remark really bruised my ego

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

venom spitefulness wound cattiness maliciousness nastiness bruise injure hurt offend malice bitchiness

Parts of Speech

noun	feeling a need to see others suffer
noun	malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
verb	hurt the feelings of “She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests”

Word Forms

malicious	adjective	having the nature of or resulting from malice; ; - Rudyard Kipling
spite	verb	hurt the feelings of
spiteful	adjective	showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite
venomous	adjective	marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful
catty	adjective	marked by or arising from malice
bitchy	adjective	marked by or arising from malice
nasty	adjective	characterized by obscenity
offensive	adjective	substitute a harsher or distasteful term for a mild one
offence	noun	a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others
offense	noun	a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others
spite	noun	malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Trotz

das Bedürfnis verspüren, andere leiden zu sehen

🇫🇷French

dépit

ressentir le besoin de voir les autres souffrir

🇪🇸Spanish

despecho

sentir la necesidad de ver sufrir a los demás

🇮🇹Italian

dispetto

sentire il bisogno di vedere gli altri soffrire

🇳🇱Dutch

rancune

de behoefte voelen om anderen te zien lijden

🇵🇹Portuguese

despeito

sentindo necessidade de ver os outros sofrerem

🇷🇺Russian

злоба

чувство потребности видеть, как страдают другие

India

🇮🇳Hindi

विरोध

दूसरों को पीड़ित देखने की आवश्यकता महसूस करना

🇧🇩Bengali

সত্ত্বেও

অন্যদের কষ্ট দেখার প্রয়োজন অনুভব করা

🇮🇳Tamil

இருந்தாலும்

மற்றவர்கள் கஷ்டப்படுவதைப் பார்க்க வேண்டும் என்ற உணர்வு

🇮🇳Telugu

ఉన్నప్పటికీ

ఇతరులు బాధపడటం చూడాలని ఫీలింగ్

🇮🇳Marathi

असूनही

इतरांचे दुःख पाहण्याची गरज वाटणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

હોવા છતાં

અન્યને પીડાતા જોવાની જરૂરિયાત અનુભવો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹೊರತಾಗಿಯೂ

ಇತರರು ಬಳಲುತ್ತಿರುವುದನ್ನು ನೋಡುವ ಅಗತ್ಯತೆಯ ಭಾವನೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വെറുപ്പ്

മറ്റുള്ളവർ കഷ്ടപ്പെടുന്നത് കാണണമെന്ന് തോന്നുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬਾਵਜੂਦ

ਦੂਜਿਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਦੁੱਖ ਦੇਖਣ ਦੀ ਲੋੜ ਮਹਿਸੂਸ ਕਰਨਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

باوجود

دوسروں کو تکلیف دیکھنے کی ضرورت محسوس کرنا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

恶意

感觉需要看到别人受苦

🇯🇵Japanese

にもかかわらず

他人が苦しむのを見る必要があると感じる

🇰🇷Korean

악의

다른 사람이 고통받는 것을 보고 싶은 욕구

🇻🇳Vietnamese

bất chấp

cảm thấy cần phải nhìn thấy người khác đau khổ

🇹🇭Thai

ทั้งๆที่

รู้สึกอยากเห็นคนอื่นต้องทนทุกข์

🇮🇩Indonesian

meskipun

merasa perlu melihat orang lain menderita

🇵🇭Filipino

sa kabila

pakiramdam ng pangangailangan na makita ang iba na nagdurusa

🇲🇾Malay

dendam

merasakan keperluan untuk melihat orang lain menderita

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

بالرغم من ذلك

الشعور بالحاجة لرؤية الآخرين يعانون

🇮🇷Persian

با وجود

احساس نیاز به دیدن رنج دیگران

🇹🇷Turkish

kin

başkalarının acı çektiğini görme ihtiyacı hissetmek

🇮🇱Hebrew

לְהַכעִיס

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