1. despite - Noun
2. despite - Verb
3. despite - Preposition
Malice; malignity; spite; malicious anger; contemptuous hate.
An act of malice, hatred, or defiance; contemptuous defiance; a deed of contempt.
To vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously.
In spite of; against, or in defiance of; notwithstanding; as, despite his prejudices.
Source: Webster's dictionaryNever confuse the person, formed in the image of God, with the evil that is in him: because evil is but a chance misfortune, an illness, a devilish reverie. But the very essence of the person is the image of God, and this remains in him despite every disfigurement. John of Kronstadt
People do not care how nobly they live, only how long, despite the fact that it is within everyone's reach to live nobly, but within no one's reach to live long. Seneca
Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them. José Martí
The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is 'What does a woman want?' Sigmund Freud
Despite the beauty of the moon, sun and stars, the sky also has a threatening thunder and striking lightening. African Proverb
Despite your bark, you'll be eaten. Kamba Proverb