spite
noun
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
spited
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past participleof spite.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof spite.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
spitenouna malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
Example Sentences
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A sample: During the chorus, Swift proves once more that she’d make a fantastic BuzzFeed writer, telling us about yet another list she keeps of those who spited her.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 25, 2017
Last week Bush spited journalists who prematurely published the identity of his choice for Transportation Secretary by postponing the nomination of Chicago attorney Samuel Skinner.
From Time Magazine Archive
It seems that our hero, considering himself spited by a Latin- grammar master, demanded the satisfaction due from one man of honour to another.
From Holiday Romance by Charles Dickens
It is not, however, to be supposed that the Beechhurst people spited themselves so far as to keep away from the rector's school-treat because they did not love the rector.
From The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax by Holme Lee
I'll tell you what: I've a jolly good mind to tell him myself beforehand, and then we'll see who's spited.'
From The Nether World by George Gissing
