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despited

despited is the simple past and past participle of despite.

Meaning of despite

Verb

despite (third-person singular simple present despites, present participle despiting, simple past and past participle despited)

  1. (obsolete) To vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously.
    • to despite his opposites1614, Walter Ralegh [i.e., Walter Raleigh], The Historie of the World […], London: […] William Stansby for Walter Burre, […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=1 to 5)

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Questions about despited

What is despited the simple past and past participle of?
Despited is the simple past and past participle of despite.

Words near despited in the dictionary

  1. despisings
  2. despite
  3. despite of
  4. despite oneself
  5. despite that
  6. despited
  7. despiteful
  8. despitefully
  9. despitefulness
  10. despiteous
  11. despiteously

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Adapted from Wiktionary: despited (page history and authors); despite (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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