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despite

/dɪˈspaɪt/ · noun

Meaning

  1. Disdain, contemptuous feelings, hatred.
  2. Action or behaviour displaying such feelings; an outrage, insult.
  3. Evil feeling; malice, spite.
  4. To vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously.
  5. In spite of, notwithstanding, regardless of.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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