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despite
(d/I/'sp/aI/t )

noun (n)

  • lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike(noun.feeling)
    Example:
    The despite in which outsiders were held is legendary.
    Synonym:
    contempt, disdain, scorn
    source: wordnet30
  • contemptuous disregard(noun.act)
    Example:
    She wanted neither favor nor despite.
    source: wordnet30
  • Malice; malignity; spite; malicious anger; contemptuous hate.(noun)
    source: webster1913

preposition (pre)

  • In spite of; against, or in defiance of; notwithstanding; as, despite his prejudices.(preposition)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • To vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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