despite

Academic Word List, sublist 4.

About 61.26 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. preposition In spite of, notwithstanding.

   Despite being a near-mirror image my of right, my left hand is terrible at these stuff.

2. noun Disdain, contemptuous feelings, hatred.
3. noun Action or behaviour displaying such feelings; an outrage, insult.
4. noun Evil feeling; malice, spite, annoyance.
5. verb To vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously.

Similar words

spite insult regardless irrespective unlike but over outside beyond while

Often followed by

the his its their this all a these her some

Word family

despited despites despiting