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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | despite everything |
| Synonyms: | against, although, anyway, aside from, at any cost, but, come what may, despite, distinct from, for all that, in any case, in spite of everything, leaving aside, nevertheless, no matter what, nonetheless, notwithstanding, without considering, without regard to |
| Notes: | regardless is already a negative 'without regard to; despite' - and irregardless is a redundant negative |
| Antonyms: | irregardless |
| Main Entry: | spite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hateful feeling |
| Synonyms: | animosity, antipathy, bad blood, contempt, despite, enmity, gall, grudge, harsh feeling, hate, hatred, ill will, malevolence, malice, maliciousness, malignity, peeve, pique, rancor, resentment, revenge, spitefulness, spleen, umbrage, vengeance, vengefulness, venom, vindictiveness |
| Antonyms: | liking, love, loving |
| Main Entry: | though |
| Part of Speech: | conjunction |
| Definition: | while |
| Synonyms: | albeit, allowing, although, but, despite, despite the fact, even if, even supposing, even though, granted, howbeit, if, much as, notwithstanding, when, whereas |
| Notes: | although and though are interchangeable as conjunctions, but to start a clause, use 'although' |
| Main Entry: | yet |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | in spite of |
| Synonyms: | after all, although, at any rate, but, despite, even though, howbeit, however, nevertheless, nonetheless, notwithstanding, on the other hand, still, still and all, though, withal |
| Main Entry: | recalcitrance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | defiance |
| Synonyms: | affront, audacity, back talk, big talk, boldness, bravado, brazenness, call, cartel, challenge, command, confrontation, contempt, contrariness, contumacy, dare, defy, despite, effrontery, enjoinder, factiousness, gas*, guts*, hot air, impudence, impugnment, insolence, insubordination, insurgence, insurgency, intractableness, lip, muster*, opposition, order, perversity, provocation, rebellion, rebelliousness, recalcitrancy, revolt, sass, spite, stump, summons, temerity, throwing of the gauntlet, unruliness |
| Notes: | reluctance is a feeling that is experienced; recalcitrance is an attitude that is shown |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | recalcitrancy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | defiance |
| Synonyms: | affront, audacity, back talk, big talk, boldness, bravado, brazenness, call, cartel, challenge, command, confrontation, contempt, contrariness, contumacy, dare, defy, despite, effrontery, enjoinder, factiousness, gas*, guts*, hot air, impudence, impugnment, insolence, insubordination, insurgence, insurgency, intractableness, lip, muster*, opposition, order, perversity, provocation, rebellion, rebelliousness, recalcitrance, revolt, sass, spite, stump, summons, temerity, throwing of the gauntlet, unruliness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Concept: | Contempt. |
| Category: | 2. Moral sentiments |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
contempt, disdain, scorn, sovereign contempt; despisal, despiciency; despisement; vilipendency, contumely; slight, sneer, spurn, by-word; despect., contemptuousness; scornful eye; smile of contempt; derision (disrespect)., [State of being despised] despisedness.
-verbs
despise, contemn, scorn, disdain, feel contempt for, view with a scornful eye; disregard, slight, not mind; pass by (neglect)., look down upon; hold cheap, hold in contempt, hold in disrespect; think nothing of, think small beer of; make light of; underestimate; esteem slightly, esteem of small or no account; take no account of, care nothing for; set no store by; not care a straw, sneeze at (unimportance) [more]; set at naught, laugh in one's sleeve, laugh up one's sleeve, snap one's fingers at, shrug one's shoulders, turn up one's nose at, pooh-pooh, "damn with faint praise" [Pope]; whistle at, sneer at; curl up one's lip, toss the head, traiter de haut enbas; laugh at (be disrespectful)., point the finger of scorn, hold up to scorn, laugh to scorn; scout, hoot, flout, hiss, scoff at., turn one's back upon, turn a cold shoulder upon; tread upon, trample upon, trample under foot; spurn, kick; fling to the winds (repudiate); send away with a flea in the ear.
-adjectives
contemptuous; disdainful, scornful; withering, contumelious, supercilious, cynical, haughty, bumptious, cavalier; derisive., contemptible, despicable; pitiable; pitiful (unimportant); despised; downtrodden; unenvied.
-adverbs
contemptuously.
-phrases
"a dismal universal hiss, the sound of public scorn" [Paradise Lost]; "I had rather be a dog and bay the moon than such a Roman" [Julius Caesar].
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| Antonyms: | respect |
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