Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to spite
Participle: spited
Gerund: spiting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | spite |
| you | spite |
| he;she;it | spites |
| we | spite |
| you | spite |
| they | spite |
Perfect
| I | have spited |
| you | have spited |
| he;she;it | has spited |
| we | have spited |
| you | have spited |
| they | have spited |
Past
| I | spited |
| you | spited |
| he;she;it | spited |
| we | spited |
| you | spited |
| they | spited |
Pluperfect
| I | had spited |
| you | had spited |
| he;she;it | had spited |
| we | had spited |
| you | had spited |
| they | had spited |
Future
| I | will spite |
| you | will spite |
| he;she;it | will spite |
| we | will spite |
| you | will spite |
| they | will spite |
Future Perfect
| I | will have spited |
| you | will have spited |
| he;she;it | will have spited |
| we | will have spited |
| you | will have spited |
| they | will have spited |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | spite |
| you | spite |
| he;she;it | spite |
| we | spite |
| you | spite |
| they | spite |
Perfect
| I | have spited |
| you | have spited |
| he;she;it | have spited |
| we | have spited |
| you | have spited |
| they | have spited |
Imperfect
| I | spited |
| you | spited |
| he;she;it | spited |
| we | spited |
| you | spited |
| they | spited |
Pluperfect
| I | had spited |
| you | had spited |
| he;she;it | had spited |
| we | had spited |
| you | had spited |
| they | had spited |
Conditional
Present
| I | would spite |
| you | would spite |
| he;she;it | would spite |
| we | would spite |
| you | would spite |
| they | would spite |
Perfect
| I | would have spited |
| you | would have spited |
| he;she;it | would have spited |
| we | would have spited |
| you | would have spited |
| they | would have spited |
Imperative
| you | spite |
| we | Let's spite |
| you | spite |
Verbs conjugated like 'spite'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'spite'
site,
skite,
smite,
snite,
sopite,
spice,
spike,
spile,
spire,
spit,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English spit, a shortening of despit (whence despite), from Old French despit, from Latin dēspectum (“looking down on”), from Latin dēspiciō (“to look down, despise”). Compare also North Frisian spīt, spīd (“regret”), Saterland Frisian Spiet (“regret, remorse”), West Frisian spyt (“regret”), Dutch spijt (“regret, remorse”), German Low German Spiet (“anger, regret, remorse”), German Spiet (“annoyance, vexation”), Swedish spit (“insult, outrage, annoyance”), Norwegian spit (“insult, outrage, annoyance”). See: Latin '
dēspiciō'.
Sample Sentences
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“ I want to make sure of it, ” said Miss Ophelia. “ You may die, or fail, and then Topsy be hustled off to auction, spite of all I can do. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ And hark ye, ” said Tom; “ we 've got correspondents in Sandusky, that watch the boats for us. I don't care if I tell, now. I hope they _will_ get away, just to spite Marks,—the cursed puppy ! — d—n him ! ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)