Meanings
- idiomaticDespite, irrespective of, notwithstanding.
The railway is still vital to Jordan's export trade, but in spite of the poor quality of the road, diesel lorries are gradually robbing it of freight traffic, and anyone who can afford to fly does so rather than face the long desert journey by rail.
1956 March, R. C. Blaker, “The Hedjaz Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 1671 more example
No evening I had passed at Bly had the portentous quality of this one; in spite of which—and in spite also of the deeper depths of consternation that had opened beneath my feet—there was literally, in the ebbing actual, an extraordinarily sweet sadness.
1898, Henry James, The Turn of the Screw, Courier Dover Publications, published 1991, →ISBN, page 72Synonyms: maugre, regardless of, despite, with, for all, irrespective of, maugre, notwithstanding
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositionDespite, irrespective of, notwithstanding.
Translations
Arabic رَغْم أَنَّ, رُغْم أَنَّ
- رَغْم أَنَّ (raḡm ʔanna)despite
- رُغْم أَنَّ (ruḡm ʔanna)despite
- بِالرَّغْمِ مِن (bi-r-raḡmi min)despite
- عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِن (ʕalā r-raḡmi min)despite
Bulgarian въпреки, напук
- въпреки (văpreki)despite
- напук (napuk)despite
Catalan malgrat, tot i
- malgratdespite
- tot idespite
Chinese Mandarin 儘管 /尽管, 不顧 /不顾
- 儘管 /尽管 (jǐnguǎn)despite
- 不顧 /不顾 (bùgù)despite
- 不管 (bùguǎn)despite
- 任憑 /任凭 (rènpíng)despite
- 即使 (jíshǐ)despite
Czech přes, vzdor
- přesdespite
- vzdordespite
- navzdorydespite
Danish på trods af, til trods for
- på trods afdespite
- til trods fordespite
Dutch ondanks
- ondanksdespite
Esperanto malgraŭ
- malgraŭdespite
Finnish huolimatta
- huolimattadespite
French malgré, en dépit de
- malgrédespite
- en dépit dedespite
- bien quedespite
German trotz
- trotzdespite
Greek παρά
- παρά (pará)despite
Hebrew למרות
- למרות (lamrot)despite
Hungarian ellenére, annak ellenére, hogy…
- ellenéredespite
- annak ellenére, hogy…despite
- dacáradespite
- dacára, hogy…despite
Icelandic þrátt fyrir
- þrátt fyrirdespite
Irish d’ainneoin, in ainneoin
- d’ainneoindespite
- in ainneoindespite
- ainneoindespite
Italian nonostante, sebbene
- nonostantedespite
- sebbenedespite
- malgradodespite
Japanese 〜にもかかわらず
- 〜にもかかわらず (-nimo kakawarazu)despite
Korean 에도 불구하고
- 에도 불구하고 (-e-do bulguhago)despite
Norwegian Bokmål til tross for, tross
- til tross fordespite
- trossdespite
Persian با وجود, با اینکه
- با وجود (bâ vojud-e)despite
- با اینکه (bâ in-ke)despite
- علی رغم (alâ raġm-e)despite
Polish mimo, pomimo
- mimodespite
- pomimodespite
- wbrewdespite
Portuguese a despeito de, apesar de
- a despeito dedespite
- apesar dedespite
Romanian cu toate că, în ciuda
- cu toate cădespite
- în ciudadespite
Russian несмотря́ на, вопреки́
- несмотря́ на (nesmotrjá na)despite
- вопреки́ (voprekí)despite
Slovak napriek
- napriekdespite
Spanish a pesar de
- a pesar dedespite
Swedish trots
- trotsdespite
Tagalog sa kabila ng
- sa kabila ngdespite
Turkish karşın, rağmen
- karşındespite
- rağmendespite
Ukrainian незважа́ючи на, невважа́ючи на
- незважа́ючи на (nezvažájučy na)despite
- невважа́ючи на (nevvažájučy na)despite
- по́при (pópry)despite
- ми́мо (mýmo)despite
Cite this entry
in spite of. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20spite%20of
“in spite of.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20spite%20of. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “in spite of,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20spite%20of.
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