Spite
Spite , noun
[Abbreviated from despite.]
1.
Ill-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; petty malice; grudge; rancor; despite. — Pope
This is the deadly spite that angers.
2.
Vexation; chagrin; mortification. [Rare] — Shakespeare
Collocations (2)
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. And saved me in spite of the world, the devil, and myself. In spite of all applications, the patient grew worse every day.
To owe one a spite , to entertain a mean hatred for him.
Spite , transitive verb
1.
To be angry at; to hate. [Obsolete]
The Danes, then... pagans, spited places of religion.
2.
To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart.
3.
To fill with spite; to offend; to vex. [Rare]
Darius, spited at the Magi, endeavored to abolish not only their learning, but their language.