Affection and Spite

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Affection

Affection noun - A feeling of strong or constant regard for and dedication to someone.
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Synonyms for Affection
Antonyms for Affection
Spite is an antonym for affection.
Nearby Words: affect, affected, affectation, affectionate, affecting

Spite

Spite noun - The desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm.
Usage example: spread cruel lies out of pure spite
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Synonyms for Spite
Antonyms for Spite
Affection is an antonym for spite in hateful feeling topic.
Nearby Words: spiteful, spitefully, spiting
Similar words of affection

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How words are described

human human affection human spite
genuine genuine affection genuine spite
sheer sheer affection sheer spite
simple simple affection simple spite
Other adjectives: actual, personal, general, mere, growing, maximum.

Both words in one sentence

  • Literature / Carmilla Beware the Nice Ones: Carmilla is often the soul of affection, in spite of her deadly intentions.
    Source: Literature / Carmilla
  • Literature / The Black Parade Meaningful Echo: The line "You are an idiot, Jordan Amador" is spoken the first time out of sarcastic spite, and the last time out of affection from Belial.
    Source: Literature / The Black Parade
  • Finally, Veronica decides enough is enough and dumps him, but he still remains madly in love with her, and she clearly still has some affection for him in spite of herself.
    Source: Destructive Romance
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Antonyms for affection


Antonyms for spite

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