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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”).

119 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: քեն (kʻen) — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Azerbaijani: qərəz — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Basque: despit — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Bulgarian: злина (zlina) — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Bulgarian: злоба (zloba) — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Catalan: despit — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Chinese Mandarin: 赌气 (dǔ qì) — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Czech: zlomyslnost — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Czech: zášť — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Czech: zlost — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Czech: nevraživost — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Czech: zlovůle — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Dutch: boosaardigheid — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Dutch: wrok — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Esperanto: spiti — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Estonian: vahkviha — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Finnish: pahansuopuus — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Finnish: ilkeys — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Finnish: häijyys — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Finnish: kauna — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Finnish: katkeruus — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• French: dépit — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• French: rancune — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Galician: rancor — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Galician: xenreira — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• German: Boshaftigkeit — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• German: Gehässigkeit — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Hindi: कीना (kīnā) — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Hindi: खुनस (khunas) — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Hindi: चिढ़ (ciṛh) — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Hindi: द्वेष (dveṣ) — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Hindi: कुनह (kunah) — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Hindi: जलापा (jalāpā) — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Hindi: ख़ार (xār) — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Hindi: विद्वेष (vidveṣ) — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Hindi: बुग़्ज़ (buġz) — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Hindi: असूया (asūyā) — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Hindi: जलन (jalan) — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Hungarian: rosszindulat — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Hungarian: rosszakarat — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Ido: despito — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Irish: aicis — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Italian: rancore — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Italian: malevolenza — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Italian: ripicca — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Macedonian: зло́ба (zlóba) — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Malay: dendam — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Māori: kaikino — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Māori: hūneinei — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Eastern Mari: аяр (ajar) — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Persian: کینه (kine) — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Persian: زلیفن (zelifan) — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Plautdietsch: Trots — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Polish: niechęć — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Polish: uraza — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Polish: złość — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Polish: przekora — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Polish: przekorność — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Portuguese: desprezo — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Portuguese: rancor — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Romanian: ciudă — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Romanian: răutate — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Romanian: ranchiună — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Russian: недоброжелательность (nedobroželatelʹnostʹ) — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Russian: враждебность (vraždebnostʹ) — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Russian: злость (zlostʹ) — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Sanskrit: असूया (asūyā) — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Spanish: despecho — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Spanish: ojeriza — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Swedish: illvilja — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Turkish: kin — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Turkish: garez — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Ukrainian: злість (zlistʹ) — ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure
• Bulgarian: проклетия (prokletija) — vexation, chagrin, mortification
• Dutch: ergernis — vexation, chagrin, mortification
• Dutch: droefheid — vexation, chagrin, mortification
• Dutch: ascese — vexation, chagrin, mortification
• Dutch: irritatie — vexation, chagrin, mortification
• Estonian: tusk — vexation, chagrin, mortification
• Estonian: meelehärm — vexation, chagrin, mortification
• Finnish: mielipaha — vexation, chagrin, mortification
• French: dépit — vexation, chagrin, mortification
• German: Ärgernis — vexation, chagrin, mortification
• Italian: dispetto — vexation, chagrin, mortification
• Macedonian: про́клетство (prókletstvo) — vexation, chagrin, mortification
• Māori: hūneinei — vexation, chagrin, mortification
• Romanian: supărare — vexation, chagrin, mortification
• Romanian: dispreț — vexation, chagrin, mortification
• Romanian: vexațiune — vexation, chagrin, mortification
• Ottoman Turkish: نسبت (nisbet) — vexation, chagrin, mortification
• Bulgarian: дразня (draznja) — to treat maliciously
• Bulgarian: ядосвам (jadosvam) — to treat maliciously
• Czech: udělat naschvál — to treat maliciously
• Danish: mishandle — to treat maliciously
• Dutch: mishandelen — to treat maliciously
• Finnish: kiusata — to treat maliciously
• Finnish: ärsyttää — to treat maliciously
• Finnish: loukata — to treat maliciously
• German: ärgern — to treat maliciously
• German: es heimzahlen — to treat maliciously
• German: misshandeln — to treat maliciously
• Italian: vessare — to treat maliciously
• Portuguese: provocar — to treat maliciously
• Romanian: face în ciudă — to treat maliciously
• Russian: насолить (nasolitʹ) — to treat maliciously
• Bulgarian: мразя (mrazja) — to be angry at; to hate
• Bulgarian: ненавиждам (nenaviždam) — to be angry at; to hate
• Danish: hade — to be angry at; to hate
• Dutch: haten — to be angry at; to hate
• German: hassen — to be angry at; to hate
• Portuguese: desprezar — to be angry at; to hate
• Romanian: urî — to be angry at; to hate
• Russian: ненавидеть (nenavidetʹ) — to be angry at; to hate
• German: ärgern — to fill with spite
• Hungarian: bosszant — to fill with spite
• Romanian: ofensa — to fill with spite
• Romanian: vexa — to fill with spite
• Russian: злить (zlitʹ) — to fill with spite
• Spanish: enfadar — to fill with spite