to spite in English

verb
1
deliberately hurt, annoy, or offend (someone).
he put the house up for sale to spite his family
synonyms:upsethurtmake miserablegrievedistresswoundpaintormentinjure
verb

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1. Pretty belonged in this country to spite La Bruja.

2. Don't cut off your nose to spite your face. 

3. Remember the dictum our professor taught us, diffidence leads to envy which gives rise to spite.

4. 27 In response to the beard-shaving incident the Dwarfs chopped down entire virgin forests to spite the Elves.

5. Broken Masquerade: Rosen outs the existence of Alphas in the season 1 finale to spite Parrish, whose plans hinge on Alphas being a secret, and to stop the government from sticking Alphas into secret jails and forcibly recruiting them to use their powers