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Despair

Despair Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Despair? [n] the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well [n] a state in which everything seems wrong and will turn out badly; "they were rescued from despair at the last minute" [v] abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart; "Don't despair--help is on the way!" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Despair: desperation Related Terms \| Find terms related to Despair: abandon \| abandon hope \| acedia \| aching heart \| agony \| agony of mind \| anguish \| apathy \| bale \| become suicidal \| bitterness \| blank despondency \| bleeding heart \| broken heart \| cave of despair \| cave of Trophonius \| crushing \| death wish \| dejectedness \| dejection \| depression \| depth of misery \| desolation \| despair of \| desperateness \| desperation \| despond \| despondency \| despondentness \| disconsolateness \| discouragement \| disheartenment \| dispiritedness \| distress \| down trip \| downcastness \| downer \| downheartedness \| droop \| drooping spirits \| drop \| extremity \| falter \| forlornness \| give up \| give up hope \| give way \| gloom \| gloominess \| grief \| heartache \| heartlessness \| heavy heart \| hit rock bottom \| hopelessness \| infelicity \| languish \| lose heart \| lose hope \| low spirits \| lowness \| lowness of spirit \| malaise \| melancholia \| melancholy \| miserableness \| misery \| no exit \| no way \| no way out \| oppression \| pessimism \| plumb the depths \| prostration \| quit \| reach the depths \| relinquish \| renounce \| resign \| resignation \| sadness \| Schmerz \| self-destructive urge \| sink \| sink into despair \| sinking heart \| sloth \| Slough of Despond \| spiritlessness \| suicidal despair \| surrender \| taedium vitae \| touch bottom \| weariness of life \| woe \| wretchedness \| yield \| yield to despair See Also \| condition \| despond \| discouragement \| disheartenment \| dismay \| feeling \| hopelessness \| pessimism \| resignation \| status \| surrender Despair In Webster's Dictionary \Despair"\, 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. We despaired even of life. --2 Cor. i. 8. Never despair of God's blessings here. --Wake. Syn: See {Despond}. \Despair"\, v. t. 1. To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of. [Obs.] I would not despair the greatest design that could be attempted. --Milton. 2. To cause to despair. [Obs.] --Sir W. Williams. \De*spair"\, n. [Cf. OF. despoir, fr. desperer.] 1. Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency. We in dark dreams are tossing to and fro, Pine with regret, or sicken with despair. --Keble. Before he [Bunyan] was ten, his sports were interrupted by fits of remorse and despair. --Macaulay. 2. That which is despaired of. ``The mere despair of surgery he cures.'' --Shak. Syn: Desperation; despondency; hopelessness.

Despair Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Despair?

[n] the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well
[n] a state in which everything seems wrong and will turn out badly; "they were rescued from despair at the last minute"
[v] abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart; "Don't despair--help is on the way!"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Despair: desperation

Despair In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

      We despaired even of life.               --2 Cor. i. 8.

      Never despair of God's blessings here.   --Wake.

Syn: See {Despond}.


\De*spair"\, v. t.
1. To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
   [Obs.]

         I would not despair the greatest design that could
         be attempted.                         --Milton.

2. To cause to despair. [Obs.] --Sir W. Williams.


\De*spair"\, n. [Cf. OF. despoir, fr. desperer.]
1. Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.

         We in dark dreams are tossing to and fro, Pine with
         regret, or sicken with despair.       --Keble.

         Before he [Bunyan] was ten, his sports were
         interrupted by fits of remorse and despair.
                                               --Macaulay.



2. That which is despaired of. ``The mere despair of surgery
   he cures.'' --Shak.

Syn: Desperation; despondency; hopelessness.

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