spite
gb/spˈaɪt/ us/spˈaɪt/
B2
อังกฤษ
~ 2900
ความหมาย
0 ความหมาย
คำนาม
B2
state
1
Desire to harm or upset
A bad feeling that makes you want to hurt or upset someone because you are angry at them.
รูปแบบการใช้:
in spite toward [someone]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes confuse 'spite' with 'despite'. 'Spite' is about a bad feeling toward someone; 'despite' means 'although'.
คำพ้องความหมาย
malice (A more formal term for the desire to harm others, often used in legal or serious contexts.)
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vindictiveness (Stronger and more sustained desire for revenge than 'spite'.)
คำตรงข้าม
goodwill (A friendly or kindly feeling toward others, opposite of wanting to harm them.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
out of spite
|in spite
|pure spite
|spite and malice
หัวข้อ
emotions
|relationships
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- She refused to invite him out of spite.
- He broke her favorite mug just to spite her.
- The decision seemed motivated more by spite than by reason.
- They continued the argument purely out of spite.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- She didn’t talk to him out of spite.
- He said mean words out of spite.
- She made the choice from spite.
- He acted from spite, not need.
คำกริยา
B2
action
2
Deliberately hurt or annoy
To do something to hurt or upset someone because you are angry at them.
รูปแบบการใช้:
to spite [someone]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners may confuse 'spite' as a verb with 'despise', which means 'to strongly dislike'. They are different.
คำพ้องความหมาย
provoke (Focuses on causing a reaction, not necessarily from resentment.)
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offend (Focuses on causing emotional hurt, not always intentional out of resentment.)
คำตรงข้าม
please (To make someone happy or satisfied, opposite of hurting them intentionally.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
spite someone
|spite her/him/them
|spite the boss
หัวข้อ
emotions
|relationships
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- He spread the rumor just to spite his coworker.
- She wore the dress he hated to spite him.
- They refused to help purely to spite their rivals.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- He did it to spite her.
- She said it to spite him.
- They ignored me to spite me.
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รูปคำในพจนานุกรม
spite
IPA
GB/spˈaɪt/
US/spˈaɪt/
พยางค์และการเน้นเสียง
spite (1 พยางค์)
Stress on 1st syllable (spite)
รูปคำ
Noun
- Base: spite
- Plural: spite
Verb
- Base: spite
- 3rd Person Singular: spites
- Present Participle: spiting
- Past: spited
กลุ่มคำที่เกี่ยวข้อง
Forms
spites
verb
spiting
verb
spited
verb
Core family
spiteful
adjective
spitefully
adverb
Related words
spitefulness
noun
despite
preposition B1
วลีและสำนวน
cut off your nose to spite your face
1/kˈʌt ˈɔf jˈʊɹ nˈoʊz tə spˈaɪt jˈʊɹ fˈeɪs/
idiom
informal
Hurt yourself trying to hurt others
To do something that harms you because you are angry and want to hurt someone else.
ตัวอย่าง
- Quitting your job without another one lined up is like cutting off your nose to spite your face.
- Don’t cut off your nose to spite your face just because you’re mad at him.
in spite of
1/ˈɪn spˈaɪt əv/
fixed phrase
Without being affected by
Even though something might stop you, it does not.
ตัวอย่าง
- In spite of the rain, they went for a walk.
- She succeeded in spite of many difficulties.