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Thesaurus: spite

Ill-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; petty malice; grudge; rancor; despite.

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  1. n. Ill-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; petty malice; grudge; rancor; despite.
  2. n. Vexation; chargrin; mortification.
  3. v. t. To be angry at; to hate.
  4. v. t. To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart.
  5. v. t. To fill with spite; to offend; to vex.
  6. n. feeling a need to see others suffer
  7. n. malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
  8. v. hurt the feelings of
  9. i:91/v:2/n:7 n feeling a need to see others suffer n malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty v hurt the feelings of