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Meaning of spite

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  spite
      n 1: feeling a need to see others suffer [syn: {malice},
           {maliciousness}, {spite}, {spitefulness}, {venom}]
      2: malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
         [syn: {cattiness}, {bitchiness}, {spite}, {spitefulness},
         {nastiness}]
      v 1: 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}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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