Filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to annoy or harm.

(uncountable) The state or quality of being spiteful. / (countable) The result or product of being spiteful.

plural of spitefulness

Ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the desire to irritate, annoy, or thwart; a want to disturb or put out another; mild malice / (obsolete) Vexation; chagrin; mortification.

(transitive) To treat maliciously; to try to hurt or thwart. / (transitive, obsolete) To be angry at; to hate. / (transitive) To fill with spite; to offend; to vex.

Notwithstanding; despite.

(idiomatic) Despite, irrespective of, notwithstanding.

present participle of spite

simple past tense and past participle of spite

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of spite