despite
Plural: despites
Noun
- lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
- "the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary"
- contemptuous disregard
- "she wanted neither favor nor despite"
- Disdain, contemptuous feelings, hatred.
- Action or behaviour displaying such feelings; an outrage, insult.
- Evil feeling; malice, spite, annoyance.
Prep
- In spite of, notwithstanding.
Verb
Verb Forms: despited, despiting, despites
- To treat with contempt; to annoy or vex.
- To vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously.
Examples
- Despite being a near-mirror image my of right, my left hand is terrible at these stuff.
- To DESPITE his opponent, he played a word that perfectly blocked the valuable ’S’ square.
Origin / Etymology
The noun is derived from Middle English despit, dispit, from Old French despit, from Latin dēspectum (“looking down on”), from dēspiciō (“to look down, despise”).
The preposition is from Middle English dispit, from the phrase in dispit of (in despite of).
Compare typologically Russian несмотря́ на (nesmotrjá na) (< смотре́ть (smotrétʹ)); невзира́я на (nevzirája na) (< взира́ть (vzirátʹ)), презре́в (prezrév) (< презре́ть (prezrétʹ) <~ зреть (zretʹ)) (compare despite—despise relation).
Synonyms
contempt, disdain, scorn, despite, for all, in spite of, irrespective of, maugre, notwithstanding, regardless of, without considering, without regard for
Antonyms
because of
Scrabble Score: 10
despite: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Worddespite: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
despite: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary