Spite is a related term of virulence.
As nouns the difference between spite and virulence
is that
spite is 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 while
virulence is the state of being virulent.
As a verb spite
is to treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart.
As a preposition spite
is notwithstanding; despite.
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
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virulence English
Noun
the state of being virulent
a measure of how virulent a thing is
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