Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Evil feeling; malice, spite, annoyance.

  2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Disdain, contemptuous feelings, hatred.

    contemptuous disregard

  3. (archaic, countable, uncountable)Action or behaviour displaying such feelings; an outrage, insult.

Examples

533 sentences
  1. Despite what's happened, I still like Tom.

    Незважаючи на те, що трапилося, Том мені все ще подобається. — deniko

  2. I love him despite his faults.

    Я кохаю його, незважаючи на його недоліки. — deniko

    ruЛюблю его, несмотря на его ошибки. — corvard

    deIch liebe ihn trotz seiner Fehler. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Mary continued to work despite her illness.

  4. He remained poor despite being a hard worker.

    deEr blieb arm, obwohl er ein fleißiger Arbeiter war. — Manfredo

  5. Despite everything, Tom started to relax.

Origin

The noun is derived from Middle English despit, dispit, from Old French despit, from Latin

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”).

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Forms

plural: despites
Singulardespite
Pluraldespites

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Deriveddespiteful

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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