spite

Definition:
1. Feeling a need to see others suffer.
2. Malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty.
3. Hurt the feelings of.

Use 'spite' in a sentence:

• 1. She was deeply moved and in spite of herself could not help showing it.
• 2. In spite of these insults, I managed not to get angry.
• 3. In spite of her hostility, she was attracted to him.
• 4. In spite of a dismal record at school, she narrowly squeaked into design school.
• 5. In spite of his premeditated carefulness, the floor would now and then creak.
• 6. The Derby will be run in spite of the bad weather.
• 7. She almost smiled at the idea, spite of her griefs and troubles.
• 8. She soon found out that her spite marriage to Bob was a big mistake.
• 9. Never had she met such spite and pettiness.
• 10. In spite of the travelling and the late night, she did not feel tired.
• 11. In spite of all her experience in Washington, Claudette may be transferred.
• 12. They are firm friends in spite of temperamental differences.
• 13. In spite of the extremity of her seclusion she was sane.
• 14. They saw their bills rising steadily, in spite of superhuman efforts to save water.
• 15. In spite of his otherwise excellent vision, he found he was colour-blind.
• 16. Their love of life comes in spite of, almost in defiance of, considerable hardship.
• 17. In spite of his illness, he clung tenaciously to his job.
• 18. I wouldn't trust them in spite of all their la-di-da manners.
• 19. In spite of her busy social life, Claudette works very hard.
• 20. She did it out of spite.
• 21. In spite of what happened, he never lost the will to live.
• 22. Neil's colleagues said he was actually in a joking, upbeat mood in spite of the bad news.
• 23. Some travel agents are thriving in spite of the economy.
• 24. In spite of great peril, I have survived.
• 25. He intends to try to leave the country, in spite of a government order cancelling his passport.
• 26. They duly arrived at 9.30 in spite of torrential rain.
• 27. He fell asleep, in spite of himself.
• 28. In spite of the recession, profits have galloped ahead.
• 29. They're playing the music so loud just to spite us.
• 30. Josef Krips at the State Opera hired her in spite of the fact that she had never sung on stage.
• 31. In spite of many defeats, they still had plenty of fight left in them.
• 32. In spite of my outward calm I was very shaken.
• 33. In spite of the awkward questions the minister never let his guard fall for a moment.
• 34. I'm sure he only said it out of spite.
• 35. In spite of his disappointment, he managed a weak smile.
• 36. The blunt comment made Richard laugh in spite of himself.
• 37. They fell in love in spite of the language barrier.
• 38. In spite of their quarrel, they remain the best of friends.
• 39. I refused her a divorce, out of spite I suppose.
• 40. He survived in spite of suffering grievous injuries.
• 41. They went swimming in spite of all the danger signs.
• 42. English became the official language for business in spite of the fact that the population was largely Chinese.
• 43. In spite of his age, he still leads an active life.
• 44. She is still very active, in spite of her advancing years.