DESPITE

Definitions: DESPITE

DESPITE

Noun

1. To vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously.

2. An act of malice, hatred, or defiance; contemptuous defiance; a deed of contempt.

3. Malice; malignity; spite; malicious anger; contemptuous hate.

Preposition

1. In spite of; against, or in defiance of; notwithstanding; as, despite his prejudices.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "DESPITE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references)

Malevolence

Noun: malevolence; bad intent, bad intention; unkindness, diskindness; ill nature, ill will, ill blood; bad blood; enmity; hate; malignity; malice, malice prepense; maliciousness; Adjective: spite, despite; resentment.

Opposition

In spite, in despite, in defiance; in the way, in the teeth of, in the face of; across; athwart, overthwart; where the shoe pinches; in spite of one's teeth.

Crosswords: DESPITE

She seems totally uninterested in me, despite my smothering obsessiveness! (Cabin Boy; writing credit: Adam Resnick)

Despite my privileged upbringing, I'm actually quite well-balanced. (A Beautiful Mind; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman)

But the thing is, um, what I'm trying to say, very inarticulately, is that, um, in fact, perhaps despite appearances, I like you, very much. (Bridget Jones's Diary; writing credit: Helen Fielding)

You really are quite bright, despite what people say. (Batman Forever; writing credit: Bob Kane; Lee Batchler)

And despite that, I succumb to the beat. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

For peace and trust can win the day despite of all your losing. (Immigrant song; performing artist: Led Zeppelin)

Despite it, I show her the utmost respect when I fall through (Ms. Jackson; performing artist: Outkast)

Despite the high cost of living, it remains popular. (references; author: unknown)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• A Different Kind of Health: Finding Well-Being Despite Illness (reference)

• Despite All Obstacles: LA Salle and the Conquest of the Mississippi (Great Explorers) (reference)

• Despite Everything (reference)

• Despite Good Intentions: Why Development Assistance to the Third World Has Failed (reference)

• Ex-Offender's Job Search Companion: Getting a Good Job Despite Your Record (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Despite (reference)

• Despite Yourself (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Boys wading in stream in Puerto Rico despite sign on bank: "Danger - There is Bilharzia." Schistosomiasis.Credit: CDC.

On the edge of the Kalahari Desert in Namibia, sand dunes are encroaching onto once-fertile lands in the north. Healthy vegetation appears red in this image; in the center, notice the lone red dot. It is the result of a center-pivot irrigation system, evidence that at least one optimistic farmer continues to work the fields despite the approaching sand.Credit: NASA.

Cleanup of a sandy spit adjacent to Southwest Pass levee following oil spill. This area is used extensively as cattle pasture despite its inaccessibility from land. Cattle are brought in by barge.Credit: America's Coastlines.

Figure 11. Lightning sounder, designed in 1866 by Lieutenant Charles C. P. Fitz gerald, RN. This model was used on the LIGHTNING during the Faroe Islands expedition of 1868. It was used for systematic sounding operations in depths up to 1189 meters and according to Charles Wyville Thomson, a mission participant, it never failed despite its primitive and unlikely appearance.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

U.S. American National Red Cross Hospital, Jouy-le Chatel, France. : Recreation tent demolished by German bombers despite cross markings.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Vaccination spreads to many parts of the world despite opposition. / WHO photo.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Photographed on 10 June 1952. Despite an early postwar rearrangement of her armament, she retains an open 5"/38 mount aft. Note the aviation insignia on the bow aft of the hull number.Credit: NAVY.

Line engraving published in "The Soldier in Our Civil War", Volume II, page 31, depicting CSS Georgia, an ironclad floating battery that served in the defenses of Savannah, Georgia. Despite the caption included in the original image, this vessel was not a ram.Credit: NAVY.

American lorries arrive in the Middle East. Large numbers of American lorries being assembled here continue to arrive in the Middle East despite the enormous demand for war equipment in the Pacific.Credit: Library of Congress.

High school Victory Corps. Boys at Flushing High School, Queens, New York, toughen up by methods similiar to those used in Commando training. Ability to cover distances quickly despite obstacles is developed by the school's ranger course which these boys.Credit: Library of Congress.

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No wonder, then, that the social consciousness of past ages, despite all the multiplicity and variety it displays, moves within certain common forms, or general ideas, which cannot completely vanish except with the total disappearance of class antagonisms. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Her father was a brutal, boasting old professor of mathematics, never married, and a rake, despite his years.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Malaria can occur despite taking antimalarials. (references)

Mortality rate is over 50% despite antibiotic treatment. (references)

The cause or causes of CFS remain unknown, despite a vigorous search. (references)

Business

It is nearly absent in the informal sector, despite government efforts. (references)

Competition in this market is strong despite the relatively small number of players. (references)

At present cogeneration is an undeveloped resource despite its considerable potential. (references)

Children

Armenia

Despite social programs, the number of street children increased. (references)

Romania

The Government administers health care and public education programs for children, despite scarce domestic resources. (references)

Panama

Placement remains difficult despite a 1993 executive order granting tax incentives to firms that hire disabled employees. (references)

Civil Liberties

Iraq

These groups continued to attract support despite their illegal status. (references)

Belarus

The militia would not let him enter despite his valid press credentials. (references)

China

The magazine ran the story despite reported complaints by propaganda officials. (references)

Economic History

Germany

Despite efforts at cost-cutting, the market is still growing. (references)

Costa Rica

The result was a growing current account deficit despite the historic trade surplus. (references)

Zambia

At independence, despite its considerable mineral wealth, Zambia faced major challenges. (references)

Human Rights

Albania

Both men reported the incident despite receiving threats. (references)

Haiti

Avril remained in prison, despite the original and still-valid order for his release. (references)

Brazil

As of September, no arrests had been made in the case, despite widespread media attention. (references)

Indigenous People

India

The Jharkhand Adivasi Chhatra Sangh has called for "ulgulan" (mass awakening) to fight for the cause of the tribals and to demand a 60 percent reservation for tribals in jobs and education, despite the fact that Jharkhand's tribal population make up only 27 percent of the population. (references)

Minorities

Ecuador

Afro-Ecuadorian organizations note that despite the absence of official discrimination, societal discrimination continues to affect them, including stereotyping. (references)

Zimbabwe

Racial tensions have subsided since independence and remain low despite the Government's ongoing attempts to blame whites for the country's economic and political problems. (references)

Political Economy

INDIA

Despite implementation of the 1976 law, bonded labor continues in many rural areas. (references)

Ecuador

Despite two decades of civilian rule, Ecuador's political institutions remain fragile. (references)

Haiti

Former military president Prosper Avril remains in prison despite a June 12 release order. (references)

Political Rights

Iraq

These political groups continued to attract support despite their illegal status. (references)

Haiti

Observers described these elections as generally free and fair despite some scattered irregularities. (references)

Jordan

Over 500 candidates competed in the 1997 parliamentary elections, despite a boycott by Islamist and other parties. (references)

Trade

Indonesia

Despite lagging progress on bank and corporate debt restructuring, the Indonesian economy has shown some signs of recovery. (references)

Burma

Despite moderate growth in the urban areas in the 1990's, Burma remains designated by the United Nations as a least developed country. (references)

Qatar

The GOQ ensures that the banking sector continues to receive depositors' confidence, despite the fact that no deposit insurance exists. (references)

Travel

Spain

Despite differences among various regions, Spain has a typical Mediterranean climate. (references)

Armenia

Many Armenians, despite decades of Soviet rule, have maintained an entrepreneurial spirit. (references)

Ghana

Transportation in Accra: Despite the major expansion and improvement in roads in Accra, traffic at peak hours in Accra is congested. (references)

Women

Cambodia

Despite sporadic crackdowns on brothel operators in Phnom Penh, prostitution continued to flourish. (references)

Yemen

The practice of bride-price payments is widespread, despite efforts to limit the size of such payments. (references)

Barbados

Spousal rape is not a crime, despite efforts by a nongovernmental organization to have such a law enacted. (references)

Worker Rights

Kuwait

At the Ahmadi Port refinery, work continued in intense heat despite the collapse of three workers. (references)

Burkina Faso

Despite good intentions, the Government only has limited resources to combat trafficking in women and children. (references)

Guatemala

The labor inspection system remains ineffective, inadequate, and corrupt, despite continuing efforts at improvement. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Despite

Expressions using "DESPITE": despite everything ♦ despite of ♦ despite the fact that ♦ In despite ♦ in despite of ♦ In your despite. Additional references.

Beginning with "DESPITE": despite-everything.

Ending with "DESPITE": cavity-despite, self-despite.

Afrikaan

ten spyte van (defiantly, in spite of, notwithstanding). (various references)

Albanian

pavarësisht nga (apart from, for all that), përbuzje (contempt, disdain, opprobrium, scorn, self-assumption). (various references)

Arabic 

‏على الرغم من (for, in spite of, not, notwithstanding, that, while, with high hand), ‏إهانة (affront, crinkle, degradation, dishonor, dishonour, flout, indignity, injury, insolence, insult, mortification, offence, reflection, reflexion, slap, slur, tawdriness, umbrage), ‏رغم (even if), ‏بصرف النظر عن (in spite of, regardless of), ‏برغم (as). (various references)

Bulgarian 

въпреки (athwart, notwithstanding, regardless of, with), напук (out of spite), злоба (devilry, grudge, malevolence, malice, malignancy, malignity, rancor, rancour, spite, spleen, venom, virulence), презрение (contempt, disdain, execration, scorn). (various references)

Chinese 

憎恨 (Abhorrent), 任憑 (no matter what), 儘管 (although, even though, in spite of). (various references)

Czech

přes (above, across, beyond, by, in spite of, notwithstanding, over, past, through, via), opovržení (abhorrence, abomination, contempt, disdain, scorn), navzdory (after, in spite of, in the teeth of). (various references)

Danish

dannelsen af et FeC13-lag under oxidlagene paa trods af, at den oprindelige FeC13 spaltes af vanddamp, forklares ved transportreaktioner (transport reactions are adduced to explain the formation of an FeCl3 film below oxide layers despite the decomposition by water vapour of the initially formed FeCl3), staalet er trods sit lave kulstofindhold overeutektoidt paa grund af sit hoeje indhold af karbiddannende legeringsstoffer (because the steel contains a large amount of carbide forming alloying elements, it is hypereutectoid despite its low carbon content). (various references)

Dutch

niettegenstaande (defiantly, in spite of, notwithstanding), in weerwil van (defiantly, in spite of, notwithstanding). (various references)

Esperanto

spite (defiantly, in spite of), malgraŭ (in spite of, notwithstanding). (various references)

Faeroese

hóast (although, in spite of, notwithstanding, though). (various references)

Farsi 

کینه ورزیدن (Hate, Spite), باوجود (Notwithstanding), بااینکه . (various references)

Finnish

huolimatta (in spite of, notwhitstanding, notwithstanding). (various references)

French

malgré, en dépit de (defiantly). (various references)

German

trotz (contrariness, defiance, defiantly, for, in spite of, notwithstanding, with), Verachtung (abhorrence, contempt, disdain, scorn, scornfulness), ungeachtet (defiantly, degardless of, in spite of, irrespective of, irrespectively, notwithstanding, regardless, regardless of). (various references)

Greek 

σε πείσμα, παρά (although, from, in spite of, mere, notwithstanding, than), ανεξάρτητα από (irrespective of). (various references)

Hebrew 

למרות (although, disobey, in spite of, notwithstanding, rebel against), על אף (although, even though, in spite of, in the teeth of), עם כל ז�" (nevertheless, yet). (various references)

Hungarian

vminek ellenére (in defiance of sg, in spite of). (various references)

Indonesian

walaupun (albeit, although). (various references)

Italian

nonostante (after, although, even though, for all, in spite of, nevertheless, notwithstanding, spite, vexation, with). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

忙�'厭わず (despite one's busyness). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ぼう�'いとわず (despite one's busyness). (various references)

Korean 

무례. (various references)

Manx

dyn y wooise. (various references)

Norwegian

til tross for, nag (grudge). (various references)

Papiamen

apesar di (defiantly, in spite of, notwithstanding), apesar (defiantly, in spite of, notwithstanding). (various references)

Pig Latin

espiteday

Polish

wbrew (defiantly, in spite of), pomimo (in spite of, notwithstanding), na przekór. (various references)

Portuguese

despeito (envy, jaundice, pet, pique, resentment, spite, umbrage). (various references)

Romanian

dispreţ (contempt, disdain, disregard, flout, haughtiness, odium, scorn, spurn), cu tot (and all), ciudã (envy, fury, grudge, pique, rage, rancor, rancour, resentment, spite, vexation), în ciuda (for all, in defiance of, in despite of, in spite of, in the face of, notwithstanding, with). (various references)

Russian 

несмотря на (although, in spite of, nevertheless, nonetheless, though). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zloba (malevolence, malice, rancor, rancour), uprkos (nevertheless, notwithstanding, spite: in spite of, tooth: in the teeth of), inat (grudge, malice, spite), bez obzira na (contrary to, irrespective, regardless, regardless of). (various references)

Spanish

a pesar de (for all, in spite of, notwithstanding). (various references)

Swedish

trots (defiance, defiantly, in spite of, in the face of, inspite, notwithstandig, notwithstanding, obstinacy, regardless of, scorn, with). (various references)

Turkish

rağmen (after all, altho, although, as, but what, but yet, considering, even though, for all, in despite of, in spite of, notwithstanding, spite of, whilst), nefret (abhorrence, abomination, animosity, animus, antipathy, aversion, contempt, detestation, disgust, dislike, distaste, down, enmity, execration, hate, hatred, horror, loathing, miso-, odiousness, odium, repugnance, repulsion), kin (animosity, animus, antagonism, enmity, gall, grudge, hate, hatred, hostility, ill feeling, malevolence, malignity, rancor, rancour, resentment, revenge, spite, venom, venomousness, virulence), karşın (albeit, altho, although, althought, as, but yet, for all, in despite of, in spite of, notwithstanding, per contra, spite of), karşı koyma (counteraction, defiance, deprecation, opposition, resistance). (various references)

Turkmen 

garamazdan. (various references)

Ukranian 

незважаючи на наші зусилля. (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự thù oán (animosity, heart-burning, rancour), sự lăng mạ (affront, contumacy, contumeliousness, insult), sự khinh miệt (contemptuousness, scorn), sự hiềm khích, sự ghen ghét, lời sỉ nhục (insult), lời lăng mạ mặc dù, không kể (exclusive, regardless), bất chấp (curse, disregardful), ác cảm mối tức giận. (various references)

despectus, odio. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "DESPITE": despited, despiteful, despitefully, despitefulness, despitefulnesses, despiteous, despiteously, despites. (additional references)

Misspellings

"DESPITE" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: depit, depite, depsite, desiate, desipate, Desipte, despa, despare, despartie, despire, despit, despote, desprite, despt, despte, desptite, desputer, desspite, dispite, dsepite, espite, Vespidae. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: espied, peised, spited, stiped.

-2 letters: deeps, deets, deist, diets, dites, edits, pedes, peise, piste, siped, sited, speed, spied, spite, steed, steep, stied, stipe, tepid, tides.

-3 letters: deep, dees, deet, dies, diet, dips, dipt, dite, dits, edit, eide, ides, peds, peed, pees, pest, pets, pied, pies, pits, seed, seep, sept, side, sipe, site, sped.

+1 letter: deputies, despited, despites, epidotes, peptides, poetised, preedits, priested, respited, sidestep.

+2 letters: depicters, depilates, deposited, deputizes, discepted, disrepute, distemper, expedites, exposited, inspected, lepidotes, pediments, peptidase, persisted, pesticide, predigest, president, presifted, proteides, redeposit, reposited, sidesteps, speciated, speediest, stupefied, tepidness.

+3 letters: centipedes, deceptions, depletions, despiteful, despiteous, dipeptides, diplotenes, disreputes, disrespect, distempers, empathised, epitomised, expedients, expediters, expeditors, interposed, multispeed, palletised, pedantries, pederastic, pedestrian, pelletised, pentoxides, peptidases, pesticides, petalodies, plaistered, plenitudes, predestine, predicates, predigests, preexisted, presidents, pteridines, redeposits, repudiates, rinderpest, spideriest, splintered, tapestried, temporised, tepidities, terpenoids, videotapes.

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