In+spite+of

  • 31Spite Your Face/OKFM — Infobox single | Name = Spite Your Face/OKFM Type = Single Artist = Foetus Under Glass Released = January 1981 Recorded = ??? Genre = Industrial Length = 10:32 Label = Self Immolation Producer = J. G. Thirlwell Reviews = (none) Last single = [… …

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  • 32spite — I UK [spaɪt] / US noun [uncountable] ** a feeling of wanting to upset someone or cause problems for them, especially because you think something is unfair a candidate motivated by political spite out of spite: She refused out of spite. • in spite …

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  • 33spite — spiteless, adj. /spuyt/, n., v., spited, spiting. n. 1. a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice. 2. a particular instance of such an attitude or action; grudge. 3. Obs.… …

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  • 34spite — 1. noun /spaɪt/ a) Ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; a desire to vex or injure; petty malice; grudge; rancor …

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  • 35spite — n. 1) in spite of 2) out of spite (they did it out of spite) * * * [spaɪt] in spiteof out of spite (they did it out of spite) …

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  • 36spite*/ — [spaɪt] noun [U] I a feeling of wanting to upset someone or to cause problems for them She refused out of spite.[/ex] • in spite of sth used for referring to a fact that makes something else surprising (= despite)[/ex] In spite of feeling tired,… …

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  • 37spite — /spaɪt / (say spuyt) noun 1. a keen, ill natured desire to humiliate, annoy, or injure another; venomous ill will. 2. a particular instance of such ill will; a grudge. 3. Obsolete vexation or chagrin. –verb (t) (spited, spiting) 4. to wreak one s …

  • 38spite — [[t]spaɪt[/t]] n. v. spit•ed, spit•ing 1) a malicious, usu. petty desire to harm, annoy, or humiliate another person; malice 2) a particular instance of such an attitude or action; grudge 3) Obs. something that causes vexation; annoyance 4) to… …

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  • 39spite — n. & v. n. 1 ill will, malice towards a person (did it from spite). 2 a grudge. v.tr. thwart, mortify, annoy (does it to spite me). Phrases and idioms: in spite of notwithstanding. in spite of oneself etc. though one would rather have done… …

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  • 40spite — 1. noun he said it out of spite Syn: malice, malevolence, ill will, vindictiveness, vengefulness, revenge, malignity, evil intentions, animus, enmity; informal bitchiness, cattiness; literary maleficence Ant: benevolence 2. verb he did it to… …

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