Etymology Noun Middle English, short for despite First Known Use Noun 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Verb circa 1555, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Time Traveler The first known use of spite was in the 14th century See more words from the same century Phrases...
Middle English, short fordespite First Known Use Noun 14th century, in the meaning defined atsense 1 Verb circa 1555, in the meaning defined atsense 1a Time Traveler The first known use ofspitewas in the 14th century See more words from the same century ...
in spite of: He's a decent guy for all that. to the extent or amount of: to walk for a mile. (used to introduce a subject in an infinitive phrase): It's time for me to go. (used to indicate the number of successes out of a specified number of attempts): ...
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English spite‧ful/ˈspaɪtfəl/adjectivedeliberatelynastyto someone in order tohurtorupsetthemSYNviciousShe was spiteful and unkind, both to Isabel and to her son.a spiteful remark►seethesaurusatunkind—spitefullyadverb ...
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishin spite of somethingwithout being affected or prevented by somethingSYNdespiteWe went out in spite of the rain.Kelly loved her husbandin spite of the fact thathe drank too much.→spiteExamples from the Corpusin spite of the fact that•Herefusesto...
I ran after him as quickly as I can in spite of the pain in my head. but luckily, with the help of the customers and the safeguards, the thief was caught on the spot. After a short while , he was sent t [translate] aThis article argues that the international monetary system tends...
ill-natured spite. Peevish means complaining and snappish: She's acting like a peevish child again. Sullen suggests a kind of glowering silent gloominess and means refusing to speak because of bad humor, anger, or a sense of injury or resentment: I know I haven't called, but why are you...
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After the fall of the Ottoman Empire in the aftermath of World War I, the British Empire took control of Palestine. The Balfour Declaration, a statement of British support for “the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people,” was proclaimed in 1917, in spite of the fact that...
If only the likes of Kuenssberg and Peston had the wit, nerve or grounding to challenge the likes of Johnson, Patel and Braverman for their obvious, perennial spite – their badness. The UK might be in a very different place had the direct and essential questions not been confined to honour...