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English to English noun
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lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike |  | Example: he was held in contempt
the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary
source: wordnet30
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contemptuous disregard | | Example: she wanted neither favor nor despite
source: wordnet30
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Malice; malignity; spite; malicious anger; contemptuous hate. | | source: webster1913 preposition
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In spite of; against, or in defiance of; notwithstanding; as, despite his prejudices. | | source: webster1913 verb
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To vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously. | | source: webster1913
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