How to Pronounce "out of spite"
expression
OWT-uhv-SPYT
OWT-ov-SPYT
Definition
If you do something out of spite, you do it because you want to hurt, annoy, or upset someone, usually because you feel angry or resentful toward them.
IPA Transcription
American English
ˈaʊt/ /ˈəv/ /ˈspaɪt
British English
ˈaʊt/ /ˈɒv/ /spˈaɪt
Simplified Pronunciation
US
OWT-uhv-SPYT
UK
OWT-ov-SPYT
Listen in Context
He only said that out of spite because he was mad at me.
She unfriended me out of spite after our argument.
Sometimes people do things out of spite, even if it means they lose, too.
He took my seat out of spite.