spite

spite
1. noun
1) (malice) Boshaftigkeit, die
2)

in spite of — trotz

in spite of oneself — obwohl man es eigentlich nicht will

2. transitive verb
ärgern

cut off one's nose to spite one's face — sich (Dat. od. Akk.) ins eigene Fleisch schneiden

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1. noun
(ill-will or desire to hurt or offend: She neglected to give him the message out of spite.) die Boshaftigkeit
2. verb
(to annoy, offend or frustrate, because of spite: He only did that to spite me!) ärgern
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- spitefully
- spitefulness
- in spite of
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spite
[spaɪt]
I. n no pl
1. (desire to hurt) Bosheit f
to do sth from [or out of] \spite etw aus Bosheit tun
2. (despite)
in \spite of sth trotz einer S. gen
it's raining but in \spite of that, I think we should go on our picnic es regnet zwar, aber ich finde, wir sollten trotzdem picknicken gehen
in \spite of oneself unwillkürlich
II. vt
to \spite sb jdn ärgern
to cut off one's nose to \spite one's face sich dat ins eigene Fleisch schneiden
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[spaɪt]
1. n
1) (= ill will) Boshaftigkeit f, Gehässigkeit f

to do sth out of spite — etw aus reiner Boshaftigkeit tun

2)

it was a success/we went in spite of him — dennoch war es ein Erfolg/gingen wir hin

he did it in spite of himself — er konnte nicht anders

in spite of the fact that he ... — obwohl er ...

in spite of that I'll still go — ich gehe trotzdem

2. vt
ärgern

she just does it to spite me — sie tut es nur mir zum Trotz, sie tut es nur, um mich zu ärgern

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spite [spaıt]
A s
1. Boshaftigkeit f, Bosheit f, Gehässigkeit f:
from (oder out of) pure (oder sheer) spite aus reiner Gehässigkeit;
spite fence als reine Schikane errichteter Zaun;
spite marriage Heirat f aus Trotz (gegenüber einem Dritten)
2. Groll m:
have a spite against sb einen Groll auf jemanden haben
3. in spite of trotz, ungeachtet (gen):
in spite of that dessen ungeachtet, trotzdem;
I had to laugh in spite of myself ich musste unwillkürlich lachen
B v/t jemandem eins auswischen umg; nose Bes Redew
* * *
1. noun
1) (malice) Boshaftigkeit, die
2)

in spite of — trotz

in spite of oneself — obwohl man es eigentlich nicht will

2. transitive verb
ärgern

cut off one's nose to spite one's face — sich (Dat. od. Akk.) ins eigene Fleisch schneiden

* * *
v.
ärgern v.

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