I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
despite/in spite of sb’s misgivings
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Despite his misgivings, he decided to support the proposal.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
sheer
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They wanted to peck you all over, out of sheer spite .
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Or were they keeping me here out of sheer spite ?
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
cut off your nose to spite your face
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If you love him, ask him to stay. Otherwise you'll be cutting off your nose to spite your face.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Gerald's feelings of injustice turned to bitterness and spite .
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Ignore what Martin says. It's pure spite .
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She quit college and worked as a waitress out of spite towards her parents.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Agelong Hindu cruelty to his unhappy brethren filled Ambedkar with anger and spite .
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Biblical movies usually wind up epic in scope in spite of every effort to keep them small.
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In spite of his other fencing skills, Richie had never quite mastered the post hammer.
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In spite of the furor the codicil caused, life went on much as before.
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In spite of the vote for Clinton in 1992, it is that second personality that has been in the ascendant recently.
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Sometimes the pirates would sink a boat out of spite for wasting their time.
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This is not to say that spite , malice or dishonesty may not exist; they clearly can.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Now he's asking to keep the dog just to spite his ex-wife.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He lives just to get back in office to spite the people.
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Pretty belonged in this country to spite La Bruja.
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To spite me, Edusha talked of him continually.
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We can be cutting off our noses to spite our faces if dealers aren't making enough money to carry on.