despite: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 10 letter points · starts with D · ends with E
Meaning of despite
prep
In spite of, notwithstanding.
Example: Despite being a near-mirror image my of right, my left hand is terrible at these stuff.
Listed forms: despight.
Source: Wiktionary — despite.
noun
- countable, uncountable
Evil feeling; malice, spite, annoyance.
- countable, obsolete, uncountable
Disdain, contemptuous feelings, hatred.
- archaic, countable, uncountable
Action or behaviour displaying such feelings; an outrage, insult.
Listed forms: despites, despight.
Source: Wiktionary — despite.
verb
- obsolete
To vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously.
Listed forms: despites, despiting, despited, despight.
Source: Wiktionary — despite.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for despite.
noun
lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is despite in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of despite
D(2) + E(1) + S(1) + P(3) + I(1) + T(1) + E(1) = 10 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of despite
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from despite
87 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in despite. Showing up to 24, longest first.