spite in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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I.spite [Brit spʌɪt, Am spaɪt] N

III.spite [Brit spʌɪt, Am spaɪt] VB trans

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IV.spite [Brit spʌɪt, Am spaɪt]

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vent anger, spite, frustration
décharger (on sur)
contrary to/in spite of appearances
contrairement aux/en dépit des apparences
in spite of all he's gone through
malgré tout ce qu'il a enduré

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malgré
in spite of, despite
malgré les apparences
in spite of appearances
elle l'a épousé malgré son âge
she married him in spite of his age
leur amitié est toujours solide malgré les années
they are still very close friends in spite of the years
malgré le fait que …
in spite of ou despite the fact that …
nous avons acheté la maison malgré son prix
we bought the house in spite of the price
malgré soi
in spite of oneself
malgré qu'il en ait
in spite of his wishes to the contrary
en dépit de
in spite of
envers et contre tous/tout
in spite of everyone/everything
par pure méchanceté
out of pure spite ou malice
malgré le risque
in spite of the risk
malgré soi on est ému
one is moved in spite of oneself

spite in the PONS Dictionary

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to cut one's nose off to spite one's face
scier la branche sur laquelle on est assis

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spite Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to cut one's nose off to spite one's face
scier la branche sur laquelle on est assis
in spite of oneself
malgré soi
in spite of everyone
envers et contre tous
in spite of the fact that he is rich
bien qu'il soit riche
in spite of sth
malgré qc
in spite of oneself
malgré soi
in spite of everyone and everything
en dépit de tout et de tous
in spite of her youth/the rain
en dépit de sa jeunesse/de la pluie
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He considers himself a deficit hawk because of his calls for a balanced federal budget, in spite of his support for farm subsidies.
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In spite of their hatred for each other, their sparring is kept on a strictly verbal level.
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In spite of the drug's high efficacy, 20% of tumors still develop resistance to the treatment.
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In most venues, the clubs took steps to either extend the stands around, or to build spite fences to block the view.
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In spite of giving up on the device in 1942, bureaucratic inertia meant they were supplied as standard equipment until 1944.
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The study concluded that in spite of moderate evidence for publication bias, there is strong evidence that the efficacy of amitriptyline is superior to placebo.
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In spite of the deluge, the turn-out was even better than the year before.
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I believe, in spite of all breezes over my innate slovenliness, it would have broken our hearts to leave off working together.
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Working in the same manner to reassure the souls and edify the morals, in spite of the persecutions which were fierce at the time.
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In spite of protests, about 3,700 graves were exhumed and relocated, most of whom were re-interred in a large vault beneath the park's lawn.
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