'Spite' definitions:

Definition of 'spite'

(from WordNet)
noun
Feeling a need to see others suffer [syn: malice, maliciousness, spite, spitefulness, venom]
noun
Malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty [syn: cattiness, bitchiness, spite, spitefulness, nastiness]
verb
Hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego" [syn: hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite]

Definition of 'Spite'

From: GCIDE
  • Spite \Spite\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spited; p. pr. & vb. n. Spiting.]
  • 1. To be angry at; to hate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • The Danes, then . . . pagans, spited places of religion. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To fill with spite; to offend; to vex. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • Darius, spited at the Magi, endeavored to abolish not only their learning, but their language. --Sir. W. Temple. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Spite'

From: GCIDE
  • Spite \Spite\, n. [Abbreviated fr. despite.]
  • 1. Ill-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; petty malice; grudge; rancor; despite. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • This is the deadly spite that angers. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Vexation; chargrin; mortification. [R.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • In spite of, or Spite of, in opposition to all efforts of; in defiance or contempt of; notwithstanding. "Continuing, spite of pain, to use a knee after it had been slightly injured." --H. Spenser. "And saved me in spite of the world, the devil, and myself." --South. "In spite of all applications, the patient grew worse every day." --Arbuthnot. See Syn. under Notwithstanding.
  • To owe one a spite, to entertain a mean hatred for him. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Pique, rancor; malevolence; grudge.
  • Usage: Spite, Malice. Malice has more reference to the disposition, and spite to the manifestation of it in words and actions. It is, therefore, meaner than malice, thought not always more criminal. " Malice . . . is more frequently employed to express the dispositions of inferior minds to execute every purpose of mischief within the more limited circle of their abilities." --Cogan. "Consider eke, that spite availeth naught." --Wyatt. See Pique. [1913 Webster]