About The Word Despite
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What's The Definition Of Despite?
[n] contemptuous disregard; "she wanted neither favor nor despite"
[n] lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike; "he was held in contempt"; "the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary" Synonyms | Synonyms for Despite: contempt | disdain | scorn Related Terms | Find terms related to Despite: abhorrence | abomination | affront | airs | arrogance | aspersion | at all costs | at any cost | atrocity | audacity | aversion | bold front | boldness | brash bearing | brashness | brassiness | bravado | brazenness | brickbat | bumptiousness | cattiness | cheekiness | clannishness | cliquishness | cockiness | cold shoulder | contempt | contemptuousness | contumacy | contumely | cut | daring | daringness | defial | defiance | defying | derision | despisal | detestation | discourtesy | disdain | disdainfulness | disfavor | disgust | dislike | disparagement | disregard | distaste | dump | enormity | even with | flouting | gibe | gloating pleasure | grudge | harm | hate | hatred | hauteur | humiliation | hurt | ignoring | ill will | impertinence | impudence | in defiance of | in despite of | in spite of | incivility | indignity | injury | insolence | insult | irregardless | irrespective of | jeer | jeering | loathing | malevolence | maliciousness | malignancy | malignity | mock | mockery | notwithstanding | offense | outrage | pertness | put-down | rebuff | recalcitrance | regardless | regardless of | regardless of cost | rejection | repudiation | ridicule | sauciness | Schadenfreude | scoff | scorn | scornfulness | scurrility | slap | slight | sniffiness | snobbishness | snootiness | snottiness | snub | sovereign contempt | spite | spite of | spitefulness | spleen | spurning | stubbornness | superciliousness | taunt | toploftiness | uncomplimentary remark | unholy joy | with See Also | dislike | disregard | neglect Despite In Webster's Dictionary \De*spite"\, n. [OF. despit, F. d['e]pit, fr. L.
despectus contempt, fr. despicere. See {Despise}, and cf.
{Spite}, {Despect}.]
1. Malice; malignity; spite; malicious anger; contemptuous
hate.
With all thy despite against the land of Israel.
--Ezek. xxv.
6.
2. An act of malice, hatred, or defiance; contemptuous
defiance; a deed of contempt.
A despite done against the Most High. --Milton.
{In despite}, in defiance of another's power or inclination.
{In despite of}, in defiance of; in spite of. See under
{Spite}. ``Seized my hand in despite of my efforts to the
contrary.'' --W. Irving.
{In your despite}, in defiance or contempt of you; in spite
of you. [Obs.]
\De*spite"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Despited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Despiting}.] [OF. despitier, fr. L. despectare, intens. of despicere. See {Despite}, n.] To vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleigh. \De*spite"\, prep. In spite of; against, or in defiance of; notwithstanding; as, despite his prejudices. Syn: See {Notwithstanding}. |
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