Word Meanings - DESPITE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Malice; malignity; spite; malicious anger; contemptuous hate. With all thy despite against the land of Israel. Ezek. xxv. 6. 2. An act of malice, hatred, or defiance; contemptuous defiance; a deed of contempt. A despite done against the Most

Additional info about word: DESPITE

1. Malice; malignity; spite; malicious anger; contemptuous hate. With all thy despite against the land of Israel. Ezek. xxv. 6. 2. An act of malice, hatred, or defiance; contemptuous defiance; a deed of contempt. A despite done against the Most High. Milton. In despite, in defiance of another's power or inclination. -- In despite of, in defiance of; in spite of. See under Spite. "Seized my hand in despite of my efforts to the contrary." W. Irving. -- In your despite, in defiance or contempt of you; in spite of you.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DESPITE)

• Against
• Over
• opposite
• abutting
• opposing
• resisting
• despite
• across
• athwart
• counter
• Neglect Slight
• overlook
• omit
• disregard
• disesteem
• contemn

Related words: (words related to DESPITE)

• COUNTERBRACE
  To brace in opposite directions; as, to counterbrace the yards, i. e., to brace the head yards one way and the after yards another.
• DISREGARDFULLY
  Negligently; heedlessly.
• SLIGHTNESS
  The quality or state of being slight; slenderness; feebleness; superficiality; also, formerly, negligence; indifference; disregard.
• COUNTERACTIVE
  Tending to counteract.
• COUNTERVIEW
  1. An opposite or opposing view; opposition; a posture in which two persons front each other. Within the gates of hell sat Death and Sin, In counterview. Milton M. Peisse has ably advocated the counterview in his preface and appendixx.
• COUNTERFLEURY
  Counterflory.
• COUNTER WEIGHT
  A counterpoise.
• COUNTERJUMPER
  A salesman in a shop; a shopman; -- used contemtuously.
• OPPOSABILITY
  The condition or quality of being opposable. In no savage have I ever seen the slightest approach to opposability of the great toe, which is the essential distinguishing feature of apes. A. R. Wallace.
• COUNTERPLEAD
  To plead the contrary of; to plead against; to deny.
• COUNTER BRACE
  The brace of the fore-topsail on the leeward side of a vessel.
• COUNTERIRRITANT; COUNTERIRRITATION
  See A
• COUNTER
  A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a. (more info) Note:
• COUNTERGUARD
  A low outwork before a bastion or ravelin, consisting of two lines of rampart parallel to the faces of the bastion, and protecting them from a breaching fire.
• AGAINSTAND
  To withstand.
• SLIGHTEN
  To slight. B. Jonson.
• COUNTERACT
  To act in opposition to; to hinder, defeat, or frustrate, by contrary agency or influence; as, to counteract the effect of medicines; to counteract good advice.
• OPPOSITIONIST
  One who belongs to the opposition party. Praed.
• COUNTERTRIPPANT
  Trippant in opposite directions. See Trippant.
• UNRESISTANCE
  Nonresistance; passive submission; irresistance. Bp. Hall.
• LACROSSE
  A game of ball, originating among the North American Indians, now the popular field sport of Canada, and played also in England and the United States. Each player carries a long-handled racket, called a "crosse". The ball is not handled but caught
• ENCOUNTERER
  One who encounters; an opponent; an antagonist. Atterbury.
• SPEED COUNTER
  A device for automatically counting the revolutions or pulsations of an engine or other machine; -- called also simply counter.