Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- prep. In spite of; notwithstanding: won the game despite overwhelming odds.
- n. Contemptuous defiance or disregard.
- n. Spite; malice: "He died soon after . . . of pure despite and vexation” ( Sir Walter Scott).
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Scorn; contempt; extreme malice; malignity; contemptuous aversion; spite.
- n. Defiance with contempt of opposition; contemptuous challenge.
- n. An act of malice or injury.
- To treat with contempt; set at naught; despise.
- To vex; offend; spite.
- In despite of; notwithstanding. See
in despite of , under despite, n. - Synonyms Notwithstanding, In spite of, Despite. See notwithstanding.
Wiktionary
- n. obsolete Disdain, contemptuous feelings, hatred.
- n. archaic Action or behaviour displaying such feelings; an outrage, insult.
- n. Evil feeling; malice, spite.
- prep. in spite of
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Malice; malignity; spite; malicious anger; contemptuous hate.
- n. An act of malice, hatred, or defiance; contemptuous defiance; a deed of contempt.
- v. obsolete To vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously.
- prep. In spite of; against, or in defiance of; notwithstanding.
WordNet 3.0
- n. contemptuous disregard
- n. lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
Etymologies
- From Old French despit, from Latin dēspectum ("looking down on"), from dēspicere ("to look down, despise"). (Wiktionary)
- Short for in despite of, from Middle English despit, spite, from Old French, from Latin dēspectus, from past participle of dēspicere, to despise; see despise. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
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“The spiritual world of the “African” if one may use the term despite its gross simplification is rich and complex, and his inner life is permeated by a profound religiosity.”
“Sanford gave way to his successor Nikki Haley on Jan. 12, surviving the rest of his term despite lawmakers' calls for him to step down, claiming he had embarrassed the state.”
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“NoMa—who prefers to remain anonymous—says he/she chose the name despite the resistance because it represents "change.”
“These "centrists" who retain the name despite being far to the right of most Republicans will try to convince people that this is a reasonable substitute for tax hikes on the rich.”
“Last month, Moakler, a former Miss California turned Miss USA, stepped down from her position with the organization after Miss USA pageant owner Donald Trump decided to allow Prejean, 22, to keep her title despite the emergence of semi-nude photos of her online.”
“Trump saying Prejean can keep her title despite the controversy over those photos of her.”
“After Bill which seemed to be his name despite an array of unpronounceable titles used to refer to him welcomed everyone, he assumed the half-lotus position, and everyone followed suit.”
“Trump, whose organization owns the Miss Universe pageant, has declared that the current Miss USA, Tara Conner, may keep her title despite allegations of underage drinking and overly public displays of affection with another beauty queen.”
“Donald trump says that the current Miss USA, Tara Conner, will be allowed to keep her title despite allegations about heavy underage drinking and other misbehavior.”
Lists
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EN - academic vocabulary
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In contrast
however, still, nevertheless, on the other hand, on the contrary, even so, notwithstanding, for all that, in contrast, alternatively, at the same time, though this may be and 26 more...
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big book gre
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GCI
spinster, maiden, happy-go-lucky, homonym, ill-at-ease, saw red, out of sorts, hot under the collar, taken aback, pen-names, alias, shoelaces and 378 more...
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hard to sense
somewhat, somewhere, elsewhere, whereby, likewise, spite, ever, along, otherwise, whatever, whichever, hitherto and 116 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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ESL Academic Word List
This is a list of academic words for students learning English as a Second or Foreign Language. It includes 570 word families that often appear in academic texts. It does not include words that are...
collapse, depression, colleagues, invoked, levy, nonetheless, likewise, so-called, ongoing, conceived, forthcoming, integrity and 558 more...
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suzyg's Words
brandish, recompence, shopping, dichotomy, paradigm, reverse osmosis, anyway, despite, drunk, degenerate, insipid, grateful and 438 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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TankHughes's Words
ambulance, ampersand, assassin, assuage, atom, awkward, botany, boustrophedonic, brinksmanship, bumbershoot, bundesliga, calamity and 64 more...
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Playground Completed Despite Rain - S...
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MEC1 Lesson 115
aid, attourney, bachelor, blast, brawl, claim, county, crime-ridden, defendant, deny, despite, directory and 29 more...
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words that are better than other words.
No, really, they are far better than your words.
iridescent, coral, caramel, taboo, cerebral, droplet, dew, celestial, serendipity, chime, whimsical, willowy and 40 more...
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Useful words
perhaps, despite, as in any, aside, in, while, indignation, oversimplification, generalization, naught
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