spite
1. feeling a need to see others suffer (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
malice, maliciousness, spitefulness, venom
• Derivationally related forms:
venomous (for: venom), spiteful (for: spitefulness), malicious (for: maliciousness), malicious (for: malice)
• Hypernyms:
malevolence, malignity
2. malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
• Syn:
cattiness, bitchiness, spitefulness, nastiness
• Derivationally related forms:
nasty (for: nastiness), spiteful (for: spitefulness), bitchy (for: bitchiness), catty (for: cattiness)
• Hypernyms:
malevolence, malevolency, malice
hurt the feelings of
- She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests
- This remark really bruised my ego
• Syn:
hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend
• Derivationally related forms:
offensive (for: offend), offence (for: offend), offense (for: offend)
• Hypernyms:
arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke,
fire, raise, provoke
• Hyponyms:
diss, insult, affront, lacerate, sting,
humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Sam cannot spite Sue
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