to spite

Definition von to spite im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: for no real reason, to cause anger; Vexation; chagrin; mortification; Ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; a desire to vex or injure; petty malice; grudge; rancor
He was so filled with spite for his ex-wife, he could not hold down a job.; To be angry at; to hate; {v} to treat maliciously, thwart, offend; {n} malice, maliciousness, rancor, defiance; spight; Vexation; chargrin; mortification; To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart; If you do something in spite of yourself, you do it although you did not really intend to or expect to. The blunt comment made Richard laugh in spite of himself; hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised me ego"; You use in spite of to introduce a fact which makes the rest of the statement you are making seem surprising. Their love of life comes in spite of, almost in defiance of, considerable hardship. = despite; feeling a need to see others suffer; {f} act maliciously toward another, be nasty, vent anger on; annoy, intentionally irritate; Ill-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; petty malice; grudge; rancor; despite; malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty; To fill with spite; to offend; to vex; If you do something cruel out of spite, you do it because you want to hurt or upset someone. I refused her a divorce, out of spite I suppose; Ill-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; a desire to vex or injure; petty malice; grudge; rancor; {i} malice, malevolence, ill-will; resentment, animosity, grudge; If you do something cruel to spite someone, you do it in order to hurt or upset them. Pantelaras was giving his art collection away for nothing, to spite Marie and her husband; to cut off your nose to spite your face: see nose. to deliberately annoy or upset someone