n. | 1. | Malice; malignity; spite; malicious anger; contemptuous hate. | |||||||||
2. | An act of malice, hatred, or defiance; contemptuous defiance; a deed of contempt.
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v. t. | 1. | To vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously. | |||||||||
prep. | 1. | In spite of; against, or in defiance of; notwithstanding; |
Noun | 1. | despite - lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike; "he was held in contempt"; "the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary" |
2. | despite - contemptuous disregard; "she wanted neither favor nor despite" |