cut off one's nose to spite one's face

:  to penetrate with or as if with an edged instrument

:  to hurt the feelings of

:  to strike sharply with a cutting effect

:  a product of cutting: such as

:  an opening made with an edged instrument

:  a wound made by something sharp :  gash

:  marked by a well-developed and highly defined musculature

:  from a place or position

:  away from land

:  at a distance in space or time

: used as a function word to indicate physical separation or distance from a position of rest, attachment, or union

:  to seaward of

:  from the possession or charge of

:  seaward

:  right

:  more removed or distant

:  to go away :  depart

:  kill, murder

: office; officer; official

:  the part of the face that bears the nostrils and covers the anterior part of the nasal cavity

:  this part together with the nasal cavity

:  the anterior part of the head at the top or end of the muzzle :  snout, proboscis

:  to detect by or as if by smell :  scent

:  to push or move with the nose

:  to move (something, such as a vehicle) ahead slowly or cautiously

:  petty ill will or hatred with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart

:  an instance of spite

:  annoy, offend

:  to fill with spite

:  to treat maliciously (as by shaming or thwarting)

:  the front part of the head that in humans extends from the forehead to the chin and includes the mouth, nose, cheeks, and eyes

:  the face as a means of identification :  countenance

:  presence, sight

:  to confront impudently

:  to line near the edge especially with a different material

:  to cover the front or surface of