despite
/dɪˈspaɪt/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
prep
Example Sentences
- "Despite being a near-mirror image my of right, my left hand is terrible at these stuff."
- "So thou through windowes of thine age ſhalt ſee, Diſpight of wrinkles this thy goulden time."
- "Yet doe thy worſt old Time diſpight thy wrong, My loue ſhall in my verſe euer liue young."
- "The highway to the East Coast which ran through the borough of Ebbfield had always been a main road and even now, despite the vast garages, the pylons and the gaily painted factory glasshouses which had sprung up beside it, there still remained an occasional trace of past cultures."
- "Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage."
- "Despite personal schisms and differences in spiritual experience, there is a very coherent theology of Snape shared between the wives. To examine this manifestation of religious fandom, I will first discuss the canon scepticism and anti-Rowling sentiment that helps to contextualise the wider belief in Snape as a character who extends beyond book and film."
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 derived from Middle English dispit, itself derived 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).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *speḱ-, despit, dēspectum, dispit, despite, despitier
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /dɪˈspaɪt/
Usage
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Synonyms
in spite of
maugre
despite
with
for all
irrespective of
notwithstanding
regardless of
without considering
without regard for