1. plural of spite; feelings of malice or ill will toward others

1. third person singular present of spite; deliberately hurts or annoys someone out of malice

Examples

• Her petty spites made working with her difficult.
• He spites his neighbor by playing loud music late at night.
• The old feuds were full of ancient spites and grudges.
• She spites anyone who disagrees with her opinions.
• Their relationship was poisoned by mutual spites.
• He always spites his critics with sarcastic comments.
• The team’s spites toward each other hurt their performance.