in spite of oneself
advDefinitions
Against one's own plan or desire, or against one's better judgment.
- I laughed in spite of myself as the crying child told me how he had accidentally sat on a cactus.
Despite one's flaws or foibles.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for in spite of oneself. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA