Despite and Gall

Despite

Despite noun - Open dislike for someone or something considered unworthy of one's concern or respect.
Usage example: pointedly ignored his false friend out of despite

Gall and despite are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Gall" instead a noun "Despite".

Gall

Gall noun - A deep-seated ill will.

Despite and gall are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Despite" instead a noun "Gall".

Nearby Words: galling, galled, Gallic

Both words in one sentence

  • Comicbook / Superior Spider-Man He has the gall to get indignant at another hero "ripping him off" despite, y'know, having killed Peter and stolen his life.
  • Series / Hannah Montana Rich Bitch: Traci Van Horn, who has the unmitigated gall to tell Lola, to her face, how uncool she thinks she is, despite being friends with Hannah, who publicly humiliates herself just as often.
  • Hypocrite Despite how enraged he is about his father's murder, when he himself murders the totally innocent Polonius, Hamlet has the gall to crack jokes about it.
    Source: Hypocrite
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