slites English
Verb
(head)
(slite)
Anagrams
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slite English
Alternative forms
* (l), (l)
* (l) (Scotland)
Verb
(dialectal) To slit; tear or rip up.
(dialectal) To wear away (clothes).
Noun
(-)
(dialectal) The act or process of ripping up; rending; wear and tear.
Anagrams
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spites English
Verb
(head)
(spite)
Anagrams
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*
spite English
Etymology 1
From a shortening of (etyl) despit, from (etyl) despit (whence despite). Compare also Dutch spijt.
Noun
( en-noun)
Ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; a desire to vex or injure; petty malice; grudge; rancor.
- He was so filled with spite for his ex-wife, he could not hold down a job.
- They did it just for spite .
* Shakespeare
- This is the deadly spite that angers.
(obsolete) Vexation; chagrin; mortification.
- "The time is out of joint: O cursed spite." Shakespeare, Hamlet
Verb
( spit)
To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart.
- She soon married again, to spite her ex-husband.
(obsolete) To be angry at; to hate.
- The Danes, then pagans, spited places of religion. — Fuller.
To fill with spite; to offend; to vex.
- Darius, spited at the Magi, endeavoured to abolish not only their learning, but their language. — Sir. W. Temple.
Related terms
* spiteful
* in spite of
* despite
See also
* malignant
* malicious
Etymology 2
Statistics
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