Found 3 items, similar to despair.
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Definition: despair
despair
n 1: a state in which everything seems wrong and will turn out
badly;
“they were rescued from despair at the last
minute” [syn:
desperation]
2: the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn
out well [ant:
hope]
v : abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart;
“Don't despair--help
is on the way!” [ant:
hope]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Despair
Despair
\De*spair"\, n. [Cf. OF. despoir, fr. desperer.]
1. Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
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We in dark dreams are tossing to and fro,
Pine with regret, or sicken with despair. --Keble.
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Before he [Bunyan] was ten, his sports were
interrupted by fits of remorse and despair.
--Macaulay.
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2. That which is despaired of.
“The mere despair of surgery
he cures.” --Shak.
Syn: Desperation; despondency; hopelessness.
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Despair
\De*spair"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Despaired; p. pr. &
vb. n.
Despairing.] [OE. despeiren, dispeiren, OF.
desperer, fr. L. desperare; de- + sperare to hope; akin to
spes hope, and perh. to spatium space, E. space, speed; cf.
OF. espeir hope, F. espoir. Cf.
Prosper,
Desperate.]
To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or
expectation; -- often with of.
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We despaired even of life. --2 Cor. i. 8.
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Never despair of God's blessings here. --Wake.
Syn: See
Despond.
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Despair
\De*spair"\, v. t.
1. To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
[Obs.]
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I would not despair the greatest design that could
be attempted. --Milton.
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2. To cause to despair. [Obs.] --Sir W. Williams.
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