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Synonyms for despite
dɪˈspaɪtde·spite
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
despiteprep
Notwithstanding simply states that circumstances shall not be or have not been allowed to withstand; despite and in spite of refer primarily to personal and perhaps spiteful opposition; as, he failed notwithstanding his good intentions; or, he persevered in spite of the most bitter hostility. When despite and in spite of are applied to inanimate things, it is with something of personification; "in spite of the storm" is said as if the storm had a hostile purpose to oppose the undertaking.
Synonyms:
in spite of, notwithstanding, notwithstanding
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
despite
Synonyms:
notwithstanding, opposing, resistingAntonyms:
concurrently, consentaneously, aiding, abetting
Princeton's WordNet
contempt, disdain, scorn, despitenoun
lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
"he was held in contempt"; "the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary"
Synonyms:
patronage, scorn, contempt, condescension, disdain, disrespectdespitenoun
contemptuous disregard
"she wanted neither favor nor despite"
Dictionary of English Synonymes
despitenoun
Synonyms:
malevolence, malignity, malice, spitedespitenoun
Synonyms:
defiance, opposition, contemptdespiteprep.
Synonyms:
notwithstanding, in spite of, in the face of, in the teeth of
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#308 | while | |
#874 | though | |
#1017 | although | |
#2813 | despite | |
#6388 | whilst | |
#10782 | spite | |
#11238 | notwithstanding | |
#12575 | opposing | |
#15428 | albeit | |
#17209 | contempt | |
#26436 | patronage | |
#26539 | resisting | |
#34727 | scorn | |
#36196 | disrespect | |
#37610 | disdain | |
#84637 | condescension |
How to use despite in a sentence?
I did not give up the duel because I did not want to disappoint the fans and the organizers, despite the fact that the last 3 weeks of preparations are fighting pain and crossing my own limits during the rehabilitation of a broken leg.
We are sitting here in Jerusalem, but our thoughts are focused on what is happening in Lausanne. There is yet to be a clear picture of what is happening there, and reports are contradicting, but we are of course greatly concerned by the possibility that Iran would achieve nuclear capabilities, a nuclear Iran is not only a threat to Israel, naturally we are worried as they call from the podium of the United Nations for Israel's end. Despite this, I have no doubt that under the leadership of the American President, members of Congress and the Senate, it is possible to stop every evil in the world.
Trump makes hay out of the fact that white men, in particular, feel as though they’re the victims of this society, despite being in absolute control of it, and this is something that is powerfully dangerous, and it’s why we’re not seeing only the rise in violent attacks, more generally, and the rise of far-right movements, but we’re certainly seeing, you know, clearly, sort of some very serious incidents of mass violence, as well.
Finance Minister Joaquim Levy:
The idea that a weaker currency is the big solution to Brazil is not correct, despite its popularity in some circles.
Despite being buried beneath nearly a kilometer of sedimentary rocks, it is remarkable that geophysical data reveals so much about the crater structure — enough to describe the direction and angle of the impact.
Translations for despite
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- على الرغم من, رغمArabic
- въпрекиBulgarian
- malgrat, tot i, tot i que, encara queCatalan, Valencian
- navzdory, přes, vzdorCzech
- på trods afDanish
- trotzGerman
- παράGreek
- malgraŭEsperanto
- a pesar de, malgrado, pese aSpanish
- علیرغمPersian
- huolimattaFinnish
- malgré, en dépit de, bien queFrench
- in ainneoinIrish
- a dh'aindeoinScottish Gaelic
- למרותHebrew
- के बावजूदHindi
- dacára, hogy, annak ellenére, hogy, dacára, ellenéreHungarian
- չնայածArmenian
- malgradoInterlingua
- meskipunIndonesian
- sebbene, nonostante, malgradoItalian
- にもかかわらずJapanese
- მიუხედავადGeorgian
- 에도 Korean
- quamquamLatin
- ondanksDutch
- til tross forNorwegian
- mimo, wbrew, pomimoPolish
- a despeito de, apesar de, não obstantePortuguese
- несмотря, вопрекиRussian
- упркос, uprkosSerbo-Croatian
- megjithëseAlbanian
- trotsSwedish
- இருந்தபோதிலும்Tamil
- แม้จะมีThai
- rağmenTurkish
- не дивлячисьUkrainian
- کے باوجودUrdu
- mặc dù, không kể, bất chấpVietnamese
- 尽管Chinese
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