[
UK
/dɪspˈaɪt/
]
[ US /dɪˈspaɪt/ ]
[ US /dɪˈspaɪt/ ]
NOUN
-
lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary
he was held in contempt -
contemptuous disregard
she wanted neither favor nor despite
How To Use despite In A Sentence
- My dad, despite his rampant hypochondria, had always been healthy.
- Despite imperial successes at St. Gotthard (1664), Growardein and Neuhäusel in Hungary ceded to the Ottomans (1664, at Vasvár). 2. The Habsburg Monarchy
- Despite their superficial similarity, submersion of minorities in English-only programs in the USA and Canadian immersion programs are different and they lead to different results.
- In present-day usage, despite Fowler's strictures, concern for classical and linguistic purity is minimal and the coining of etymological hybrids is casual and massive.
- But after three years of frantic knitting, they decided to end the challenge, despite reaching halfway.
- The vital ingredient of popular appeal was not there despite several bids to rejig the story.
- Despite his bulk he moved lightly on his feet.
- One effortlessly got saturation coverage, the other struggled to get noticed, despite the mandatory presence of a celebrity, a suitably weighty one too.
- Despite literally minutes browsing statto.com, we can't top that. The Knowledge | Which clubs have refunded fans due to player transfers? | Rob Smyth
- Still Life with Action Figure," a particularly realist exercise, actually occurs in suburbia, where an artist son visits his artist father, who has resumed painting despite suffering from parkinsonism. ccfinlay: You Make My Heart Sing