What does despite mean?
Definitions for despite
dɪˈspaɪtde·spite
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Princeton's WordNet
contempt, disdain, scorn, despite(noun)
lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
"he was held in contempt"; "the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary"
despite(noun)
contemptuous disregard
"she wanted neither favor nor despite"
Wiktionary
despite(Noun)
Disdain, contemptuous feelings, hatred.
Etymology: From despit, from despectum, from despicere.
despite(Noun)
Action or behaviour displaying such feelings; an outrage, insult.
Etymology: From despit, from despectum, from despicere.
despite(Noun)
Evil feeling; malice, spite.
Etymology: From despit, from despectum, from despicere.
despite(Preposition)
in spite of
Etymology: From despit, from despectum, from despicere.
Webster Dictionary
Despite(noun)
malice; malignity; spite; malicious anger; contemptuous hate
Etymology: [OF. despitier, fr. L. despectare, intens. of despicere. See Despite, n.]
Despite(noun)
an act of malice, hatred, or defiance; contemptuous defiance; a deed of contempt
Etymology: [OF. despitier, fr. L. despectare, intens. of despicere. See Despite, n.]
Despite(noun)
to vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously
Etymology: [OF. despitier, fr. L. despectare, intens. of despicere. See Despite, n.]
Despite
in spite of; against, or in defiance of; notwithstanding; as, despite his prejudices
Etymology: [OF. despitier, fr. L. despectare, intens. of despicere. See Despite, n.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Despite
de-spīt′, n. a looking down upon with contempt: violent malice or hatred.—prep. in spite of: notwithstanding.—adj. Despite′ful.—adv. Despite′fully.—n. Despite′fulness.—adj. Despit′eous (Spens.). [O. Fr. despit (mod. dépit)—L. despectus—despicĕre.]
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'despite' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #625
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'despite' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2698
Anagrams for despite »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of despite in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of despite in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of despite in a Sentence
Despite our differences on policy and politics, I respect Senator John McCain's service to our country.
I do not know the password or recovery key, despite repeated and diligent searches, I have not been able to find them written down anywhere.
Despite the various efforts made, the threat of environmental crime remains high.
This arbitration was not about trade secrets but about employees leaving Google for new opportunities and an engineer being used as a pawn by two tech giants, google fought tooth and nail to take back every penny paid to Anthony Levandowski for Anthony Levandowski multibillion dollar contributions and now Uber is refusing to indemnify Anthony Levandowski despite explicitly agreeing to do so.
Despite the fact that its much larger, the U.S. is an easier polling environment, the U.S. has gotten relatively polarized.
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Translations for despite
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- رغم, على الرغم منArabic
- въпрекиBulgarian
- encara que, tot i, malgrat, tot i queCatalan, Valencian
- vzdor, navzdory, přesCzech
- på trods afDanish
- trotzGerman
- παράGreek
- malgraŭEsperanto
- a pesar de, malgrado, pese aSpanish
- علیرغمPersian
- huolimattaFinnish
- en dépit de, malgré, bien queFrench
- in ainneoinIrish
- a dh'aindeoinScottish Gaelic
- למרותHebrew
- के बावजूदHindi
- annak ellenére, hogy, dacára, dacára, hogy, ellenéreHungarian
- չնայածArmenian
- malgradoInterlingua
- meskipunIndonesian
- nonostante, sebbene, malgradoItalian
- にもかかわらずJapanese
- მიუხედავადGeorgian
- 에도 Korean
- quamquamLatin
- ondanksDutch
- til tross forNorwegian
- mimo, pomimo, wbrewPolish
- não obstante, a despeito de, apesar dePortuguese
- вопреки, несмотряRussian
- uprkos, упркосSerbo-Croatian
- megjithëseAlbanian
- trotsSwedish
- இருந்தபோதிலும்Tamil
- แม้จะมีThai
- rağmenTurkish
- не дивлячисьUkrainian
- کے باوجودUrdu
- mặc dù, không kể, bất chấpVietnamese
- 尽管Chinese
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