: a desire to harm, anger, or defeat another person especially because you feel that you have been treated wrongly in some way
He is jealous and full of spite.
an act of spite
You only denied his request out of (pure) spite.
spites; spited; spiting
: to deliberately annoy, upset, or hurt (someone)
He only did it to spite me.
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“Spite.” Merriam-Webster.com Simple Definition, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/simple/spite. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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