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despair
[ dih-spair ]
noun
- loss of hope; hopelessness.
Synonyms: disheartenment, gloom
Antonyms: hope
- someone or something that causes hopelessness:
He is the despair of his mother.
verb (used without object)
- to lose, give up, or be without hope (often followed by of ):
to despair of humanity.
verb (used with object)
- Obsolete. to give up hope of.
despair
/ dɪˈspɛə /
verb
- introften foll byof to lose or give up hope
I despair of his coming
- obsolete.tr to give up hope of; lose hope in
noun
- total loss of hope
- a person or thing that causes hopelessness or for which there is no hope
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Other Words From
- de·spairer noun
- self-de·spair noun
- unde·spaired adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of despair1
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Example Sentences
“Light trumps darkness, hope beats despair, grace wins over sin, love defeats hate, life conquers death,” the cardinal said.
Three months of despair were ignited in suburban Missouri when officer Darren Wilson was told he would walk free.
It may be nothing other than anger and despair, at this point.
I highly doubt that anyone not already in a state of despair would look to war as an antidote to Godlessness.
Future urbanization does not need to pose a choice between rural hopelessness and urban despair.
Davy read this over two or three times, in the greatest perplexity, and then gave it up in despair.
Prud'hon, in humiliation and despair, lived in a solitude almost complete.
The falling dew, and the howling wind raised him not from that bed of lonely despair.
But the '34 port was so good that he revoked twice, to the indignation and despair of his unhappy brother and partner.
As they got lower and lower down the hill, her wretchedness and disquiet became acute, to the point of a wild despair.
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