Harm and Spite

Harm

Harm noun - Something that causes loss or pain.

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Spite and harm are semantically related in annoy topic. In some cases you can use "Spite" instead the word "Harm" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: harmful, harmed, harmless, harmfully, harming

Spite

Spite noun - The desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm.

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Antonyms for Spite

Harm and spite are semantically related in annoy topic. Sometimes you can use "Harm" instead the word "Spite" as a verb or a noun, if it concerns topics such as offend.

Nearby Words: spiteful, spitefully, spiting

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How words are described

genuine	genuine harm	genuine spite
actual	actual harm	actual spite
personal	personal harm	personal spite
general	general harm	general spite
Other adjectives: maximum.

Common collocations

humanity	harm humanity	spite humanity
man	harm man	spite man
woman	harm woman	spite woman
people	harm people	spite people
Other words: wife, men, family, someone, career, way, characters, boss, owner, mother, dog, player, enemy, sister, friends, enemies, heroes.

Both words in one sentence

This is in spite of the fact that he routinely puts himself in harm's way for the safety of others.

Source: I'm Not a Hero, I'm...
As for Zach, it's only when the Kratts try reasoning with him that Zach goes out of his way to harm animals just to spite them.

Source: Western Animation / Wild Kratts
This may be because, in spite of his imposing stature, he is rarely anything but gentle and friendly with the kids, and would put his life on the line rather than let anyone or anything harm them.

Source: Western Animation / DuckTales

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