spite

[spaɪt]

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.

'spite' example 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.