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spite
noun
-
spite
a
strong
feeling
of
wanting
to
hurt
,
annoy
,
or
upset
someone
on
purpose
•
Full
of
anger
,
Tim
knocked
over
the
sandcastle
out
of
pure
spite
.
Full
of
anger
,
Tim
knocked
over
the
sandcastle
out
of
pure
spite
.
•
In
a
moment
of
spite
,
a
young
woman
erased
her
roommate
’
s
saved
TV
show
from
the
DVR
.
In
a
moment
of
spite
,
a
young
woman
erased
her
roommate
’
s
saved
TV
show
from
the
DVR
.
Comes
from
Old
French
“
despit
”,
meaning
contempt
or
scorn
,
and
ultimately
from
Latin
“
despectus
,”
meaning
looking
down
on
someone
.
verb
-
spite
,
spiting
,
spites
,
spited
to
deliberately
annoy
,
hurt
,
or
upset
someone
•
Mia
declined
the
invitation
just
to
spite
her
ex-partner
.
Mia
declined
the
invitation
just
to
spite
her
ex-partner
.
•
The
boy
hid
the
remote
to
spite
his
older
sister
during
their
movie
night
.
The
boy
hid
the
remote
to
spite
his
older
sister
during
their
movie
night
.
Developed
from
the
noun
sense
in
the
late
1500s
,
turning
the
feeling
of
malice
into
an
action
.
despite
preposition
used
to
say
that
something
happens
or
is
true
even
though
another
fact
makes
it
surprising
or
could
have
stopped
it
•
Despite
his
bad
cold
,
the
boy
still
rode
his
bicycle
to
school
.
Despite
his
bad
cold
,
the
boy
still
rode
his
bicycle
to
school
.
•
The
family
enjoyed
their
picnic
despite
the
sudden
rain
shower
.
The
family
enjoyed
their
picnic
despite
the
sudden
rain
shower
.
From
Middle
English
,
borrowed
from
Anglo-French
despit
,
from
Latin
dēspicere
“
to
look
down
on
.”
Originally
a
noun
meaning
“
contempt
,”
it
later
developed
into
the
preposition
used
today
.
noun
strong
dislike
,
anger
,
or
contempt
that
you
show
toward
someone
or
something
(
archaic
or
literary
)
•
The
knight
refused
to
kneel
,
acting
out
of
pure
despite
.
The
knight
refused
to
kneel
,
acting
out
of
pure
despite
.
•
She
spoke
with
open
despite
for
those
who
had
betrayed
her
trust
.
She
spoke
with
open
despite
for
those
who
had
betrayed
her
trust
.
Same
origin
as
the
preposition
:
Middle
English
despit
,
from
Old
French
despeit
,
from
Latin
dēspicere
“
to
look
down
on
.”
Originally
the
noun
form
meaning
“
contempt
,
scorn
.”
in spite of
preposition
without
being
prevented
or
affected
by
something
;
despite
•
They
went
hiking
in
spite
of
the
pouring
rain
.
They
went
hiking
in spite of
the
pouring
rain
.
•
In
spite
of
his
fear
of
heights
,
Jack
climbed
the
tall
ladder
.
In spite of
his
fear
of
heights
,
Jack
climbed
the
tall
ladder
.
Formed
in
Middle
English
as
a
prepositional
phrase
using
the
noun
“
spite
”
to
mean
contempt
or
opposition
,
later
generalized
to
‘
despite
’.
