KJV Dictionary Definition: despite

despite

DESPITE, n.

1. Extreme malice; violent hatred; malignity; malice irritated or enraged; active malignity; angry hatred.

With all thy despite against the land of israel. Ezek. 25.

2. Defiance with contempt, or contempt of opposition.

He will rise to fame in despite of his enemies.

despiteful

DESPITEFUL, a. Full of spite; malicious; malignant; as a despiteful enemy.

Hater of God, despiteful, proud, boasters. Rom. 1.

despitefulness

DESPITEFULNESS, n. Malice; extreme hatred; malignity.

despiteous

DESPITEOUS, a. Malicious.

despiteously

DESPITEOUSLY, adv.. Furiously.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.

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