<p><strong>Preposition:</strong></p><ul><li>in spite of; notwithstanding.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>contemptuous treatment; insult.</li><li>malice, hatred, or spite.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb:</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object), despited, despiting.</li><li>Obsolete. to anger or annoy (someone) out of spite.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>