spite
noun
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
feeling a need to see others suffer
Types & categories
- malevolence hypernym
Related & opposite
- spite derivation
- malicious derivation
- despiteful derivation
- venomous derivation
Sense 2 verb
hurt the feelings of
She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- offense derivation
- cattiness derivation
- malice derivation
- dysphemistic derivation
- offensive derivation
Sense 3 noun
malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
Types & categories
- malevolency hypernym
Related & opposite
- spite derivation
- despiteful derivation
- catty derivation
- smutty derivation
- nasty derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | spite |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | malicious |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | despiteful |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | venomous |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | malevolence |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | offense |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cattiness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | malice |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dysphemistic |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | offensive |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | arouse |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | insult |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | lacerate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sting |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | chagrin |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | spite |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | despiteful |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | catty |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | smutty |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | nasty |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | malevolency |