| 单词 | despite |
| 释义 | despite[ dih-spahyt ] / dɪˈspaɪt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR despite ON THESAURUS.COM prepositionin spite of; notwithstanding. nouncontemptuous treatment; insult. malice, hatred, or spite. verb (used with object), de·spit·ed, de·spit·ing.Obsolete. to anger or annoy (someone) out of spite. Idioms for despitein despite of, in spite of; notwithstanding: He was tolerant in despite of his background and education. Origin of despite1250–1300; originally in despite of;Middle English despit from Old French from Latin dēspectus “view from a height, scorn,” equivalent to dēspec-, variant stem of dēspicere (see despicable) + -tus suffix of verbal action synonym study for despite1. See notwithstanding. Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for despitedespite / (dɪˈspaɪt) / prepositionin spite of; undeterred by nounarchaic contempt; insult in despite of (preposition) rare in spite of verb(tr) an archaic word for spite Word Origin for despiteC13: from Old French despit, from Latin dēspectus contempt; see despise Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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