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Another word for spite

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Noun

  1. A desire to harm others or to see others suffer

    See also:

    attitude

  2. The quality or condition of being vindictive

    See also:

    forgiveness

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Another word for spite

Noun
  1. See also:

    hate

Idioms:

    in-spite-of

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Sentence Examples

  • In spite of her decision not to, she glanced out the window.

  • In spite of her resolve, she responded.

  • And yet, Katie and Alex were close siblings now in spite of their age difference.

  • You want to stay with him, in spite of what he did?

  • In spite, however, of these advantages, there were serious drawbacks to my progress.

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