despite

Meaning

Prep

In spite of, notwithstanding.

Noun

1. (obsolete) Disdain, contemptuous feelings, hatred.
2. Action or behaviour displaying such feelings; an outrage, insult.
3. Evil feeling; malice, spite, annoyance.

Verb

To vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈspaɪt/

Etymology

The noun is from Middle English despit, dispit, from Old French despit, from Latin dēspectum (“looking down on”), from dēspiciō (“to look down, despise”).
The preposition is from Middle English dispit, from the phrase in dispit of (in despite of).

Sentences

For years , despite the success of his songs , Vanzolini never recorded an album .

Despite this , the band continued with established session guitarist B . J . Cole replacing McCabe .

Despite her renewed musical emphasis , Deckers' career failed to prosper .