despite
IPA: dɪspˈaɪt
noun
- (obsolete) Disdain, contemptuous feelings, hatred.
- (archaic) Action or behaviour displaying such feelings; an outrage, insult.
- Evil feeling; malice, spite, annoyance.
verb
- (obsolete) To vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously.
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Examples of "despite" in Sentences
- Despite surgery, the damage was irreparable.
- Despite a lawsuit, the group was unrepentant.
- Despite it, the scope was durable and robust.
- Despite the acrimony, the film was successful.
- Despite this informality, the operations prospered.
- Despite of the damages caused by the eruption of Mt.
- However, despite shallowness, water has low transparency.
- However, despite the poignancy of the stories, there is often a lot of humour.
- Despite all the material evidence to the contrary, and however illogical it is.
- Despite successive efforts, the Nationalist Party has not managed to transmogrify Muscat into the ogre that the electorate would love to hate.
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