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# despit **Type:** Etymological root **Language:** Middle English **Slug:** despit ## Words From This Root - despite - Without being affected or stopped by something; in spite of. - spite - A desire to hurt, annoy, or upset someone out of ill will. - spiteful - showing or motivated by a desire to hurt or offend
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Words from this root
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despite
B1
/dɪˈspaɪt/
Without being affected or stopped by something; in spite of.
spite
B2
/spaɪt/
A desire to hurt, annoy, or upset someone out of ill will.
spiteful
C2+
/ˈspaɪtfəl/
showing or motivated by a desire to hurt or offend
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