Despite

What it means

1. (noun) Disdain, contemptuous feelings, hatred.
2. (noun) Action or behaviour displaying such feelings; an outrage, insult.
3. (noun) Evil feeling; malice, spite.
4. (verb) To vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously.
5. (preposition) In spite of, notwithstanding, regardless of.

Letter analysis

• Despite contains 7 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 4 consonant(s).
• It uses 6 unique letters.
• Estimated syllable count: 2.
• Scrabble-style letter score: 10.

Sub-words

• espied
• spited
• deeps
• diets
• edits
• sited
• speed
• spied
• spite
• steed
• steep
• tepid
• tides
• deep
• dept
• dies
• diet
• dips
• edit
• ides
• peed
• pees
• pest
• pets
• pied
• pies
• pits
• seed
• seep
• side
• site
• sped
• spit
• step
• teed
• tees
• tide
• tied
• ties
• tips
• die
• dip
• dis
• dpi
• eds
• esp
• est
• ids
• its
• pee
• pet
• pie
• pis
• pit
• see
• set
• sip
• sit
• tee

Related words

Other 7-letter words

• abalone
• abandon
• abashed
• abashes
• abasing
• abating
• abbrevs
• abdomen
• abducts
• abetted
• abetter
• abettor
• abiding
• ability
• abjured
• abjures
• abolish
• aborted

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Words starting with DES

• desalinate
• desalinated
• desalinates
• desalinating
• desalination
• descant
• descanted
• descanting
• descants
• descend
• descendant
• descendants
• descended
• descendent
• descendents
• descender
• descending
• descends

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Words ending with ITE

• aconite
• anchorite
• anthracite
• appetite
• apposite
• backbite
• bauxite
• bipartite
• bite
• bobwhite
• calcite
• campsite
• cellulite
• cite
• composite
• contrite
• cordite
• definite

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