spite meaning
EN
[spaɪt] [-aɪt] 
US WSpite
- In fair division problems, spite is a phenomenon that occurs when a player's value of an allocation decreases when one or more other players' valuation increases.
- In this language, spite is difficult to analyze because one has to assess two sets of preferences.
- Within the field of social evolution, spite is used to describe those social behaviors that have a negative impact on both the actor and recipient(s).
- NounPLspitesSUF-ite
- 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.
- They did it just for spite.
- (obsolete) Vexation; chagrin; mortification.
- "The time is out of joint: O cursed spite." Shakespeare, Hamlet
- 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.
- VerbSGspitesPRspitingPT, PPspited
- (transitive) To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart.
- She soon married again, to spite her ex-husband.
- (transitive, obsolete) To be angry at; to hate.
- The Danes, then [ …] pagans, spited places of religion. — Fuller.
- (transitive) To fill with spite; to offend; to vex.
- Darius, spited at the Magi, endeavoured to abolish not only their learning, but their language. — Sir. W. Temple.
- (transitive) To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart.
- Preposition
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- In spite of the fact that biocrystallization mechanisms themselves are still largely unknown, it is now recognized that they differ from classical crystal nucleation and growth.
- The pub-goer likes to feel a sense of goodheartedness in his wateringhole, and Davis defines this as the difference between gossip and spite (Davis, 1981: 24).
- He was so filled with spite for his ex-wife, he could not hold down a job.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of spite in English Dictionary
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- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Singularia tantum
- Uncountable nouns
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "spite" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a singularia tantum. It's also a preposition. It's also a verb, more specifically, a transitive verb.