despite
noun
1 despite
Lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike:
— The despite in which outsiders were held is legendary.
synonyms: contempt, disdain, scorn.
Roget 907:
malevolence;
bad intent,
bad intention;
unkindness,
diskindness†;
ill nature,
ill will,
ill blood;
bad blood;
enmity
etc.
889;
hate
etc.
898;
malignity;
malice,
malice prepense†;
maliciousness
etc.
adj.;
spite,
despite;
resentment
etc.
900.
uncharitableness
etc.
adj.;
incompassionateness
etc.
914.1†;
gall,
venom,
rancor,
rankling,
virulence,
mordacity†,
acerbity
churlishness
etc.
(discourtesy)
895.
hardness of heart,
heart of stone,
obduracy;
cruelty;
cruelness
etc.
adj.;
brutality,
savagery;
ferity†,
ferocity;
barbarity,
inhumanity,
immanity†,
truculence,
ruffianism;
evil eye,
cloven foot;
torture,
vivisection.
ill turn,
bad turn;
affront
etc.
(disrespect)
929;
outrage,
atrocity;
ill usage;
intolerance,
persecution;
tender mercies [Iron.];
unkindest cut of all"
[Julius Caesar].
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Dutch: ongenoegen, verachting
Polish: pogarda, wzgarda
2 despite
Moby thesaurus: Schadenfreude, abhorrence, abomination, affront, airs, arrogance, aspersion, at all costs, at any cost, atrocity, audacity, aversion, bold front, boldness, brash bearing, brashness, brassiness, bravado, brazenness, brickbat, bumptiousness, cattiness, cheekiness, clannishness, cliquishness, cockiness, cold shoulder, contempt, contemptuousness, contumacy, contumely, cut, daring, daringness, defial, defiance, defying, derision, despisal, detestation, discourtesy, disdain, disdainfulness, disfavor, disgust, dislike, disparagement, disregard, distaste, dump, enormity, even with, flouting, gibe, gloating pleasure, grudge, harm, hate, hatred, hauteur, humiliation, hurt, ignoring, ill will, impertinence, impudence, in defiance of, in despite of, in spite of, incivility, indignity, injury, insolence, insult, irregardless, irrespective of, jeer, jeering, loathing, malevolence, maliciousness, malignancy, malignity, mock, mockery, notwithstanding, offense, outrage, pertness, put-down, rebuff, recalcitrance, regardless, regardless of, regardless of cost, rejection, repudiation, ridicule, sauciness, scoff, scorn, scornfulness, scurrility, slap, slight, sniffiness, snobbishness, snootiness, snottiness, snub, sovereign contempt, spite, spite of, spitefulness, spleen, spurning, stubbornness, superciliousness, taunt, toploftiness, uncomplimentary remark, unholy joy, with ... show more.
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