How to Use "Spite" with Example Sentences

spite (n): the desire to hurt, annoy, or offend someone

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Used with adjectives:

"He spread rumors out of pure spite."
(pure, sheer)

Used with verbs:

"He is full of spite."
(be + full of, feels)

Used with prepositions:

"He hurt his brother out of sheer spite."
(out of)

"He felt pure spite towards them."
(towards, toward)

spite (v): to bother or hurt someone intentionally

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Example sentences:

"She did it just to spite me."

"He does things only to spite me."

"He played loud music at night to spite his neighbors."

"She gave her ex-husband's clothes away to spite him."