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How to pronounce despite
Say it like this: /dɪˈspaɪt/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does despite mean?
prepIn spite of, notwithstanding.
“Despite being a near-mirror image my of right, my left hand is terrible at these stuff.”
nounDisdain, contemptuous feelings, hatred.
“A fals double tunge is more fiers and fell Then Cerberus the cur couching in the kenel of hel; Wherof hereafter, I thinke for to write,”
Action or behaviour displaying such feelings; an outrage, insult.
“a deſpite done againſt the Moſt High”
Evil feeling; malice, spite, annoyance.
“And for these Corcyraeans—neither receive them into alliance in our despite, nor be their abettors in crime.”
verbTo vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously.
“to despite his opposites”
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