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beat best clobber conquer crush defeat drub lick master overbear overcome overmatch prevail (over) rout scotch skunk subdue surmount thrash trim triumph (over) trounce wallop whip win (against)
blast blow up break cripple damage deface deteriorate disfigure disintegrate dissolve dynamite harm impair injure mangle mar mutilate spoil vitiate
Near Antonyms
adjective
Synonyms & Antonyms (Entry 2 of 2)
- causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer //a desolate house abandoned many years agoSynonymsblack bleak cheerless chill Cimmerian cloudy cold comfortless dark darkening depressing depressive dire disconsolate dismal drear dreary dreich [chiefly Scottish] elegiac (also elegiacal) forlorn funereal gloomy glum godforsaken gray (also grey) lonely lonesome lugubrious miserable morbid morose murky plutonian saturnine sepulchral solemn somber (or sombre) sullen sunless tenebrific tenebrous wretchedRelated WordsNear Antonyms
- sad from lack of companionship or separation from others //he was less desolate after adopting a rescue dogRelated WordsNear Antonyms
- left unoccupied or unused //a desolate mining town that had its brief heyday more than a century agoRelated Words
- producing inferior or only a small amount of vegetation //wild, desolate plains on which only the hardiest could surviveSynonyms
noun
Definition (Entry 2 of 3)
- : detriment, disadvantage //I know of no government which stands to its obligations, even in its own despite, more solidly … — Sir Winston Churchill
- in despite of: in spite of
verb
despited; despiting
Definition (Entry 3 of 3)
- transitive verb
- archaic : to treat with contempt
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms: Preposition
notwithstanding regardless of withSynonyms: Noun
contempt contemptuousness despisement despitefulness disdain misprision scornAntonyms: Noun
admiration esteem estimation favor regard respectExamples
Related Words
beat best clobber conquer crush defeat drub lick master overbear overcome overmatch prevail (over) rout scotch skunk subdue surmount thrash trim triumph (over) trounce wallop whip win (against)
blast blow up break cripple damage deface deteriorate disfigure disintegrate dissolve dynamite harm impair injure mangle mar mutilate spoil vitiate
Near Antonyms
adjective
Synonyms & Antonyms (Entry 2 of 2)
- causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer //a desolate house abandoned many years agoSynonymsblack bleak cheerless chill Cimmerian cloudy cold comfortless dark darkening depressing depressive dire disconsolate dismal drear dreary dreich [chiefly Scottish] elegiac (also elegiacal) forlorn funereal gloomy glum godforsaken gray (also grey) lonely lonesome lugubrious miserable morbid morose murky plutonian saturnine sepulchral solemn somber (or sombre) sullen sunless tenebrific tenebrous wretchedRelated WordsNear Antonyms
- sad from lack of companionship or separation from others //he was less desolate after adopting a rescue dogRelated WordsNear Antonyms
- left unoccupied or unused //a desolate mining town that had its brief heyday more than a century agoRelated Words
- producing inferior or only a small amount of vegetation //wild, desolate plains on which only the hardiest could surviveSynonyms
noun
Definition (Entry 2 of 3)
- : detriment, disadvantage //I know of no government which stands to its obligations, even in its own despite, more solidly … — Sir Winston Churchill
- in despite of: in spite of
verb
despited; despiting
Definition (Entry 3 of 3)
- transitive verb
- archaic : to treat with contempt
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms: Preposition
notwithstanding regardless of withSynonyms: Noun
contempt contemptuousness despisement despitefulness disdain misprision scornAntonyms: Noun
admiration esteem estimation favor regard respectExamples
Related Words
beat best clobber conquer crush defeat drub lick master overbear overcome overmatch prevail (over) rout scotch skunk subdue surmount thrash trim triumph (over) trounce wallop whip win (against)
blast blow up break cripple damage deface deteriorate disfigure disintegrate dissolve dynamite harm impair injure mangle mar mutilate spoil vitiate
Near Antonyms
adjective
Synonyms & Antonyms (Entry 2 of 2)
- causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer //a desolate house abandoned many years agoSynonymsblack bleak cheerless chill Cimmerian cloudy cold comfortless dark darkening depressing depressive dire disconsolate dismal drear dreary dreich [chiefly Scottish] elegiac (also elegiacal) forlorn funereal gloomy glum godforsaken gray (also grey) lonely lonesome lugubrious miserable morbid morose murky plutonian saturnine sepulchral solemn somber (or sombre) sullen sunless tenebrific tenebrous wretchedRelated WordsNear Antonyms
- sad from lack of companionship or separation from others //he was less desolate after adopting a rescue dogRelated WordsNear Antonyms
- left unoccupied or unused //a desolate mining town that had its brief heyday more than a century agoRelated Words
- producing inferior or only a small amount of vegetation //wild, desolate plains on which only the hardiest could surviveSynonyms
noun
Definition (Entry 2 of 3)
- : detriment, disadvantage //I know of no government which stands to its obligations, even in its own despite, more solidly … — Sir Winston Churchill
- in despite of: in spite of
verb
despited; despiting
Definition (Entry 3 of 3)
- transitive verb
- archaic : to treat with contempt
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms: Preposition
notwithstanding regardless of withSynonyms: Noun
contempt contemptuousness despisement despitefulness disdain misprision scornAntonyms: Noun
admiration esteem estimation favor regard respectExamples
Related Words
beat best clobber conquer crush defeat drub lick master overbear overcome overmatch prevail (over) rout scotch skunk subdue surmount thrash trim triumph (over) trounce wallop whip win (against)
blast blow up break cripple damage deface deteriorate disfigure disintegrate dissolve dynamite harm impair injure mangle mar mutilate spoil vitiate
Near Antonyms
adjective
Synonyms & Antonyms (Entry 2 of 2)
- causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer //a desolate house abandoned many years agoSynonymsblack bleak cheerless chill Cimmerian cloudy cold comfortless dark darkening depressing depressive dire disconsolate dismal drear dreary dreich [chiefly Scottish] elegiac (also elegiacal) forlorn funereal gloomy glum godforsaken gray (also grey) lonely lonesome lugubrious miserable morbid morose murky plutonian saturnine sepulchral solemn somber (or sombre) sullen sunless tenebrific tenebrous wretchedRelated WordsNear Antonyms
- sad from lack of companionship or separation from others //he was less desolate after adopting a rescue dogRelated WordsNear Antonyms
- left unoccupied or unused //a desolate mining town that had its brief heyday more than a century agoRelated Words
- producing inferior or only a small amount of vegetation //wild, desolate plains on which only the hardiest could surviveSynonyms
noun
Definition (Entry 2 of 3)
- : detriment, disadvantage //I know of no government which stands to its obligations, even in its own despite, more solidly … — Sir Winston Churchill
- in despite of: in spite of
verb
despited; despiting
Definition (Entry 3 of 3)
- transitive verb
- archaic : to treat with contempt
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms: Preposition
notwithstanding regardless of withSynonyms: Noun
contempt contemptuousness despisement despitefulness disdain misprision scornAntonyms: Noun
admiration esteem estimation favor regard respectExamples
Related Words
beat best clobber conquer crush defeat drub lick master overbear overcome overmatch prevail (over) rout scotch skunk subdue surmount thrash trim triumph (over) trounce wallop whip win (against)
blast blow up break cripple damage deface deteriorate disfigure disintegrate dissolve dynamite harm impair injure mangle mar mutilate spoil vitiate
Near Antonyms
adjective
Synonyms & Antonyms (Entry 2 of 2)
- causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer //a desolate house abandoned many years agoSynonymsblack bleak cheerless chill Cimmerian cloudy cold comfortless dark darkening depressing depressive dire disconsolate dismal drear dreary dreich [chiefly Scottish] elegiac (also elegiacal) forlorn funereal gloomy glum godforsaken gray (also grey) lonely lonesome lugubrious miserable morbid morose murky plutonian saturnine sepulchral solemn somber (or sombre) sullen sunless tenebrific tenebrous wretchedRelated WordsNear Antonyms
- sad from lack of companionship or separation from others //he was less desolate after adopting a rescue dogRelated WordsNear Antonyms
- left unoccupied or unused //a desolate mining town that had its brief heyday more than a century agoRelated Words
- producing inferior or only a small amount of vegetation //wild, desolate plains on which only the hardiest could surviveSynonyms
noun
Definition (Entry 2 of 3)
- : detriment, disadvantage //I know of no government which stands to its obligations, even in its own despite, more solidly … — Sir Winston Churchill
- in despite of: in spite of
verb
despited; despiting
Definition (Entry 3 of 3)
- transitive verb
- archaic : to treat with contempt
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms: Preposition
notwithstanding regardless of withSynonyms: Noun
contempt contemptuousness despisement despitefulness disdain misprision scornAntonyms: Noun
admiration esteem estimation favor regard respectExamples
Related Words
beat best clobber conquer crush defeat drub lick master overbear overcome overmatch prevail (over) rout scotch skunk subdue surmount thrash trim triumph (over) trounce wallop whip win (against)
blast blow up break cripple damage deface deteriorate disfigure disintegrate dissolve dynamite harm impair injure mangle mar mutilate spoil vitiate
Near Antonyms
adjective
Synonyms & Antonyms (Entry 2 of 2)
- causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer //a desolate house abandoned many years agoSynonymsblack bleak cheerless chill Cimmerian cloudy cold comfortless dark darkening depressing depressive dire disconsolate dismal drear dreary dreich [chiefly Scottish] elegiac (also elegiacal) forlorn funereal gloomy glum godforsaken gray (also grey) lonely lonesome lugubrious miserable morbid morose murky plutonian saturnine sepulchral solemn somber (or sombre) sullen sunless tenebrific tenebrous wretchedRelated WordsNear Antonyms
- sad from lack of companionship or separation from others //he was less desolate after adopting a rescue dogRelated WordsNear Antonyms
- left unoccupied or unused //a desolate mining town that had its brief heyday more than a century agoRelated Words
- producing inferior or only a small amount of vegetation //wild, desolate plains on which only the hardiest could surviveSynonyms
noun
Definition (Entry 2 of 3)
- : detriment, disadvantage //I know of no government which stands to its obligations, even in its own despite, more solidly … — Sir Winston Churchill
- in despite of: in spite of
verb
despited; despiting
Definition (Entry 3 of 3)
- transitive verb
- archaic : to treat with contempt
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms: Preposition
notwithstanding regardless of withSynonyms: Noun
contempt contemptuousness despisement despitefulness disdain misprision scornAntonyms: Noun
admiration esteem estimation favor regard respectExamples
Related Words
beat best clobber conquer crush defeat drub lick master overbear overcome overmatch prevail (over) rout scotch skunk subdue surmount thrash trim triumph (over) trounce wallop whip win (against)
blast blow up break cripple damage deface deteriorate disfigure disintegrate dissolve dynamite harm impair injure mangle mar mutilate spoil vitiate
Near Antonyms
adjective
Synonyms & Antonyms (Entry 2 of 2)
- causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer //a desolate house abandoned many years agoSynonymsblack bleak cheerless chill Cimmerian cloudy cold comfortless dark darkening depressing depressive dire disconsolate dismal drear dreary dreich [chiefly Scottish] elegiac (also elegiacal) forlorn funereal gloomy glum godforsaken gray (also grey) lonely lonesome lugubrious miserable morbid morose murky plutonian saturnine sepulchral solemn somber (or sombre) sullen sunless tenebrific tenebrous wretchedRelated WordsNear Antonyms
- sad from lack of companionship or separation from others //he was less desolate after adopting a rescue dogRelated WordsNear Antonyms
- left unoccupied or unused //a desolate mining town that had its brief heyday more than a century agoRelated Words
- producing inferior or only a small amount of vegetation //wild, desolate plains on which only the hardiest could surviveSynonyms
noun
Definition (Entry 2 of 3)
- : detriment, disadvantage //I know of no government which stands to its obligations, even in its own despite, more solidly … — Sir Winston Churchill
- in despite of: in spite of
verb
despited; despiting
Definition (Entry 3 of 3)
- transitive verb
- archaic : to treat with contempt
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms: Preposition
notwithstanding regardless of withSynonyms: Noun
contempt contemptuousness despisement despitefulness disdain misprision scornAntonyms: Noun
admiration esteem estimation favor regard respectExamples
Related Words
beat best clobber conquer crush defeat drub lick master overbear overcome overmatch prevail (over) rout scotch skunk subdue surmount thrash trim triumph (over) trounce wallop whip win (against)
blast blow up break cripple damage deface deteriorate disfigure disintegrate dissolve dynamite harm impair injure mangle mar mutilate spoil vitiate
Near Antonyms
adjective
Synonyms & Antonyms (Entry 2 of 2)
- causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer //a desolate house abandoned many years agoSynonymsblack bleak cheerless chill Cimmerian cloudy cold comfortless dark darkening depressing depressive dire disconsolate dismal drear dreary dreich [chiefly Scottish] elegiac (also elegiacal) forlorn funereal gloomy glum godforsaken gray (also grey) lonely lonesome lugubrious miserable morbid morose murky plutonian saturnine sepulchral solemn somber (or sombre) sullen sunless tenebrific tenebrous wretchedRelated WordsNear Antonyms
- sad from lack of companionship or separation from others //he was less desolate after adopting a rescue dogRelated WordsNear Antonyms
- left unoccupied or unused //a desolate mining town that had its brief heyday more than a century agoRelated Words
- producing inferior or only a small amount of vegetation //wild, desolate plains on which only the hardiest could surviveSynonyms
noun
Definition (Entry 2 of 3)
- : detriment, disadvantage //I know of no government which stands to its obligations, even in its own despite, more solidly … — Sir Winston Churchill
- in despite of: in spite of
verb
despited; despiting
Definition (Entry 3 of 3)
- transitive verb
- archaic : to treat with contempt
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms: Preposition
notwithstanding regardless of withSynonyms: Noun
contempt contemptuousness despisement despitefulness disdain misprision scornAntonyms: Noun
admiration esteem estimation favor regard respectExamples
Related Words
beat best clobber conquer crush defeat drub lick master overbear overcome overmatch prevail (over) rout scotch skunk subdue surmount thrash trim triumph (over) trounce wallop whip win (against)
blast blow up break cripple damage deface deteriorate disfigure disintegrate dissolve dynamite harm impair injure mangle mar mutilate spoil vitiate
Near Antonyms
adjective
Synonyms & Antonyms (Entry 2 of 2)
- causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer //a desolate house abandoned many years agoSynonymsblack bleak cheerless chill Cimmerian cloudy cold comfortless dark darkening depressing depressive dire disconsolate dismal drear dreary dreich [chiefly Scottish] elegiac (also elegiacal) forlorn funereal gloomy glum godforsaken gray (also grey) lonely lonesome lugubrious miserable morbid morose murky plutonian saturnine sepulchral solemn somber (or sombre) sullen sunless tenebrific tenebrous wretchedRelated WordsNear Antonyms
- sad from lack of companionship or separation from others //he was less desolate after adopting a rescue dogRelated WordsNear Antonyms
- left unoccupied or unused //a desolate mining town that had its brief heyday more than a century agoRelated Words
- producing inferior or only a small amount of vegetation //wild, desolate plains on which only the hardiest could surviveSynonyms
noun
Definition (Entry 2 of 3)
- : detriment, disadvantage //I know of no government which stands to its obligations, even in its own despite, more solidly … — Sir Winston Churchill
- in despite of: in spite of
verb
despited; despiting
Definition (Entry 3 of 3)
- transitive verb
- archaic : to treat with contempt
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms: Preposition
notwithstanding regardless of withSynonyms: Noun
contempt contemptuousness despisement despitefulness disdain misprision scornAntonyms: Noun
admiration esteem estimation favor regard respectExamples
Related Words
beat best clobber conquer crush defeat drub lick master overbear overcome overmatch prevail (over) rout scotch skunk subdue surmount thrash trim triumph (over) trounce wallop whip win (against)
blast blow up break cripple damage deface deteriorate disfigure disintegrate dissolve dynamite harm impair injure mangle mar mutilate spoil vitiate
Near Antonyms
adjective
Synonyms & Antonyms (Entry 2 of 2)
- causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer //a desolate house abandoned many years agoSynonymsblack bleak cheerless chill Cimmerian cloudy cold comfortless dark darkening depressing depressive dire disconsolate dismal drear dreary dreich [chiefly Scottish] elegiac (also elegiacal) forlorn funereal gloomy glum godforsaken gray (also grey) lonely lonesome lugubrious miserable morbid morose murky plutonian saturnine sepulchral solemn somber (or sombre) sullen sunless tenebrific tenebrous wretchedRelated WordsNear Antonyms
- sad from lack of companionship or separation from others //he was less desolate after adopting a rescue dogRelated WordsNear Antonyms
- left unoccupied or unused //a desolate mining town that had its brief heyday more than a century agoRelated Words
- producing inferior or only a small amount of vegetation //wild, desolate plains on which only the hardiest could surviveSynonyms
noun
Definition (Entry 2 of 3)
- : detriment, disadvantage //I know of no government which stands to its obligations, even in its own despite, more solidly … — Sir Winston Churchill
- in despite of: in spite of
verb
despited; despiting
Definition (Entry 3 of 3)
- transitive verb
- archaic : to treat with contempt
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms: Preposition
notwithstanding regardless of withSynonyms: Noun
contempt contemptuousness despisement despitefulness disdain misprision scornAntonyms: Noun
admiration esteem estimation favor regard respectExamples
Related Words
beat best clobber conquer crush defeat drub lick master overbear overcome overmatch prevail (over) rout scotch skunk subdue surmount thrash trim triumph (over) trounce wallop whip win (against)
blast blow up break cripple damage deface deteriorate disfigure disintegrate dissolve dynamite harm impair injure mangle mar mutilate spoil vitiate
Near Antonyms
adjective
Synonyms & Antonyms (Entry 2 of 2)
- causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer //a desolate house abandoned many years agoSynonymsblack bleak cheerless chill Cimmerian cloudy cold comfortless dark darkening depressing depressive dire disconsolate dismal drear dreary dreich [chiefly Scottish] elegiac (also elegiacal) forlorn funereal gloomy glum godforsaken gray (also grey) lonely lonesome lugubrious miserable morbid morose murky plutonian saturnine sepulchral solemn somber (or sombre) sullen sunless tenebrific tenebrous wretchedRelated WordsNear Antonyms
- sad from lack of companionship or separation from others //he was less desolate after adopting a rescue dogRelated WordsNear Antonyms
- left unoccupied or unused //a desolate mining town that had its brief heyday more than a century agoRelated Words
- producing inferior or only a small amount of vegetation //wild, desolate plains on which only the hardiest could surviveSynonyms
noun
Definition (Entry 2 of 3)
- : detriment, disadvantage //I know of no government which stands to its obligations, even in its own despite, more solidly … — Sir Winston Churchill
- in despite of: in spite of
verb
despited; despiting
Definition (Entry 3 of 3)
- transitive verb
- archaic : to treat with contempt
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms: Preposition
notwithstanding regardless of withSynonyms: Noun
contempt contemptuousness despisement despitefulness disdain misprision scornAntonyms: Noun
admiration esteem estimation favor regard respectExamples
Preposi