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despite
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Word definitions for despite in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Despite \De*spite"\, n. [OF. despit, F. d['e]pit, fr. L. despectus contempt, fr. despicere. See Despise , and cf. Spite , Despect .] Malice; malignity; spite; malicious anger; contemptuous hate. With all thy despite against the land of Israel. --Ezek. ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
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" [syn: contempt , disdain , scorn ] contemptuous disregard; "she wanted neither favor nor despite"
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
preposition COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES despite/in spite of sb’s misgivings ▪ Despite his misgivings, he decided to support the proposal. EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Despite international pressure, progress has slowed in the peace talks.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context obsolete English) disdain, contemptuous feelings, hatred. 2 (context archaic English) Action or behaviour displaying such feelings; an outrage, insult. 3 Evil feeling; malice, spite. prep. in spite of, notwithstanding, nonetheless. vb. (context ...
Usage examples of despite.
Despite years in the Line Marines he still spoke with the crisp accents of his native Churchill.
Through February and March, despite the weather, Adams kept on the move, traveling back and forth between Amsterdam, Leyden, and The Hague, conferring with as many of his Dutch friends and contacts as possible.
They clung to their quaint customs and to their own little god, Adonai, despite his impotence before Marduk.
Despite her brave assertions to Adonis, however, she realized that she really had no desire to resume her former life under the present circumstances.
Despite the severe winters, he realized that, with so many people escaping the warmer climates where the aeroplankton throve, real estate swindles would keep him with plenty to do.
Despite the closeness of their birth dates, their aesthetics belong to two different eras in the novels history.
He was a burly, slow-speaking man who, despite his Afrikaner blood, had been born and lived in the country all his life.
Despite their nine months together, Sonny is still not certain whether the woolly Afro Marietta wears is a wig.
I wondered if the visitors to the other rooms of the Museum realized, as I realized, that despite the blazing sunlight of tropical London, the shadow of Hassan of Aleppo lay starkly on that haunted building?
For despite their madness, the Hare and Hatter here seem to know a good deal more than Alice does about the relations between meaning and saying.
I could not approve of her, but I was disinclined to condemn, for that would have meant an end to our acquaintance and, despite everything, her company pleased me.
For the next seven years, despite repeated strokes, my grandfather worked at a small desk, piecing together the legendary fragments into a larger mosaic, adding a stanza here, a coda there, soldering an anapest or an iamb.
Above him the dark sky was limned with gold, the lights of Los Angeles, but despite that light and the thin cloud cover he could see a scattering of stars.
She broke the story of his antidrug crusade and continued to trumpet it despite intense criticism.
The problem of the exact location of the tomb of Antinous is still unsolved, despite the arguments of C.