In Seinfeld, Jerry said he wanted to return something for spite, what does it mean?

Question

''for spite'' means ''for no reason'' or what?

Answer 1

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For spite means doing something to anger or annoy another person because you dislike them. Jerry wanted to return the jacket because he didn't like the salesperson who sold it to him, and he did not want them to receive commission on the item.

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Answer 2

It means to annoy or get back at someone with a usually petty act

Answer 3

Spite means malice, or Schadenfreude, or a desire to be petty or mean.

Answer 4

When you do something for spite, it is done usually as a "malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person".

For instance, if someone asked you not to wear green because they hated that color, and you wore a green sweater, you did it out of spite to annoy them.

Another definition is "in spite of", in disregard or defiance of; notwithstanding; despite: "She arrived at school on time in spite of the snowstorm" (in other words, no amount of snow was going to keep her from getting to school on time)

Answer 5

spite is usually a petty or malicioius act done because they person was annoyed... normally it can backfire..