What does despite mean?
Definitions for despite
dɪˈspaɪtde·spite
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Princeton's WordNet
contempt, disdain, scorn, despitenoun
lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
"he was held in contempt"; "the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary"
despitenoun
contemptuous disregard
"she wanted neither favor nor despite"
Wiktionary
despitenoun
Disdain, contemptuous feelings, hatred.
despitenoun
Action or behaviour displaying such feelings; an outrage, insult.
despitenoun
Evil feeling; malice, spite.
despitepreposition
in spite of
Etymology: From despit, from despectum, from despicere.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
DESPITEnoun
Etymology: spijt, Dutch; dépit, French.
Thou wretch! despite o’erwhelm thee! William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.
With men these considerations are usually the causes of despite, disdain, or aversion from others; but with God they pass for reasons of our greater tenderness towards others. Thomas Sprat.
The life, thou gav’st me first, was lost and done;
’Till with thy warlike sword, despite of fate,
To my determin’d time thou gav’st new date. William Shakespeare, H. VI.My life thou shalt command, but not my shame;
The one my duty owes; but my fair name,
Despite of death, that lives upon my grave,
To dark dishonour’s use thou shalt not have. William Shakespeare, Rich. II.Know I will serve the fair in thy despite. John Dryden, Fab.
I have not quitted yet a victor’s right;
I’ll make you happy in your own despite. John Dryden, Aurengzebe.Say, would the tender creature, in despite
Of heat by day, and chilling dews by night,
Its life maintain? Richard Blackmore, Creation.Thou, with rebel insolence, did’st dare
To own and to protect that hoary ruffian;
And in despite, ev’n of thy father’s justice,
To stir the factious rabble up to arms. Nicholas Rowe, Amb. S. Moth.His punishment, eternal misery,
It would be all his solace and revenge,
As a despite done against the most High,
Thee once to gain companion of his woe. John Milton, Par. Lost.To Despiteverb
To vex; to affront; to give uneasiness to.
Etymology: from the noun.
Saturn, with his wife Rhea, fled by night, setting the town on fire, to despite Bacchus. Walter Raleigh, History.
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despite
Despite is a preposition used to indicate the occurrence of an action or event even though something might have hindered or prevented it. It generally signifies a contrast or contradiction, essentially meaning "in spite of" or "regardless of".
Webster Dictionary
Despitenoun
malice; malignity; spite; malicious anger; contemptuous hate
Despitenoun
an act of malice, hatred, or defiance; contemptuous defiance; a deed of contempt
Despitenoun
to vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously
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.]
British National Corpus
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 years of excellent observations by the Cassini mission, the precise beginning and duration of the spoke season is still unpredictable, rather like predicting the first storm during hurricane season.
History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, however, if faced with courage, need not be lived again.
In the last 48 hours we've seen record low yields on euro zone debt, falling yields on U.S. debt despite the first rate hike being just around the corner, a collapse in the euro driving the rally in the dollar, which in turn has brought weakness in commodities that yesterday led to a big sell off in stock indices, under the circumstances, it's hard to argue that the ECB's programme isn't causing waves in the markets.
Amanda is embarrassed and ashamed this happened and sincerely apologizes to hotel security and the Las Vegas Police Department, amanda is a gentle, respectful person who has never gotten physical with anyone under any circumstance. That evening she had a few drinks at a bachelorette party and when hotel security asked her and Bobby to quiet down, she got a bit rambunctious. Amanda gave Bobby what she thought was a playful shove ; hotel security did their job and reported the incident to the police, who in turn did their job. Despite Bobby explaining this was not an ill-intended shove, the police still had to do their job, which Amanda completely respects and understands.
I voted yes despite reservations about extrapolating from the data we have, which was good, to the data we don't have and will never have.
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- على الرغم من, رغمArabic
- въпрекиBulgarian
- malgrat, tot i, tot i que, encara queCatalan, Valencian
- navzdory, přes, vzdorCzech
- på trods afDanish
- trotzGerman
- παράGreek
- malgraŭEsperanto
- a pesar de, malgrado, pese aSpanish
- علیرغمPersian
- huolimattaFinnish
- malgré, en dépit de, bien queFrench
- in ainneoinIrish
- a dh'aindeoinScottish Gaelic
- למרותHebrew
- के बावजूदHindi
- dacára, hogy, annak ellenére, hogy, dacára, ellenéreHungarian
- չնայածArmenian
- malgradoInterlingua
- meskipunIndonesian
- sebbene, nonostante, malgradoItalian
- にもかかわらずJapanese
- მიუხედავადGeorgian
- 에도 Korean
- quamquamLatin
- ondanksDutch
- til tross forNorwegian
- mimo, wbrew, pomimoPolish
- a despeito de, apesar de, não obstantePortuguese
- несмотря, вопрекиRussian
- упркос, uprkosSerbo-Croatian
- megjithëseAlbanian
- trotsSwedish
- இருந்தபோதிலும்Tamil
- แม้จะมีThai
- rağmenTurkish
- не дивлячисьUkrainian
- کے باوجودUrdu
- mặc dù, không kể, bất chấpVietnamese
- 尽管Chinese
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