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intr.v., -spaired, -spairing, -spairs.
To lose all hope: despaired of reaching shore safely.
To be overcome by a sense of futility or defeat. n.
Complete loss of hope.
One despaired of or causing despair: unmotivated students that are the despair of their teachers.
[Middle English despeiren, from Old French desperer, from Latin dsprre : d-, de- + sprre, to hope. N., from Middle English despeir, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French desperer, to despair.]
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verb
To lose all hope: despond, give up. See hope/despair.
noun
Utter lack of hope: desperateness, desperation, despond, despondence, despondency, hopelessness. See hope/despair.
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n
Definition: depression, hopelessness
Antonyms: cheer, cheerfulness, confidence, faith, happiness, hopefulness, joy, joyfulness, trust
v
Definition: give up hope
Antonyms: anticipate, expect, have faith, hope, wish for
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IN BRIEF: Utter hopelessness.
Action is the antidote to despair.  Joan Baez.
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"Through our sunless lanes creeps Poverty with her hungry eyes, and Sin with his sodden face follows close behind her. Misery wakes us in the morning and Shame sits with us at night." - Oscar Wilde
"Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair." - Elie Wiesel
"In a real dark night of the soul it is always three o clock in the morning, day after day." - Source Unknown
"Man dies of cold, not of darkness." - Miguel De Unamuno
"It is a time when one's spirit is subdued and sad, one knows not why; when the past seems a storm-swept desolation, life a vanity and a burden, and the future but a way to death." - Mark Twain
"Despair is perfectly compatible with a good dinner, I promise you." - William M. Thackeray
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Agitation, Abnormality, and Instability - despair: utter loss of hope and confidence
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Despair may refer to:
Despair (emotion), hopelessness or lack of hope
Despair (novel), a 1936 novel by Vladimir Nabokov
Despair (film), a 1978 film adapted from the above and directed by Rainer Fassbinder
Despair, Inc., a company that makes satirical posters and souvenirs
Despair (band), a thrash metal band
Despair (DC Comics), a character in the Sandman comic book series
Despair (album), an album by Omar Rodrguez-Lpez
Mount Despair (Washington), a mountain in the North Cascades National Park
Giant Despair, a character in The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
The Sickness Unto Death, an 1849 philosophical work on despair by philosopher S?ren Kierkegaard
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - fortvivlelse, h?bl?shed
v. intr. - fortvivle, miste h?bet
idioms:
be the despair of v?re kilde til fortvivlelse/sorg for
Nederlands (Dutch)
wanhoop, wanhopen
Fran?ais (French)
n. - dsespoir
v. intr. - (se) dsesprer, perdre l'espoir
idioms:
be the despair of faire le dsespoir de qn
Deutsch (German)
v. - verzweifeln
n. - Verzweiflung, Hoffnungslosigkeit
idioms:
be the despair of zur Verzweiflung treiben
˦˦Ǧͦɦ? (Greek)
v. - ЦŦ˦?ƦϦ̦, ¦Ԧ?ƦϦ̦ Ҧ ?æͦئҦ, ЦϦæϦǦӦ?Ϧ̦, ŦæʦӦ˦?Ц ?Ȧ Ŧ˦?Ħ
n. - ЦŦ˦Цɦ?, ?æͦئҦ
idioms:
be the despair of ?̦ Ӧ ?Ҧͦ ( ЦǦ? ЦϦæ?ӦŦԦҦ?) ӦϦ
Italiano (Italian)
disperare, disperazione
idioms:
be the despair of far disperare qualcuno
Portugus (Portuguese)
v. - desesperar(-se)
n. - desespero (m)
idioms:
be the despair of ser o problema de
ܧڧ (Russian)
ѧ, ѧߧڧ
idioms:
be the despair of ڧӧէڧ  ѧߧڧ ܧԧ-ݧڧҧ
Espa?ol (Spanish)
n. - desesperacin, sin esperanzas
v. intr. - desesperar, estar sin esperanzas
idioms:
be the despair of ser la desesperacin de, volver loco/sacar de quicio a
Svenska (Swedish)
v. - misstr?sta
n. - f?rtvivlan, hoppl?shet
ģ壩(Chinese (Simplified))
, ʧ, ʧ
idioms:
be the despair of ĳ˸е
ģw(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - ^, ʧ, ʧ
v. intr. - ^
idioms:
be the despair of ĳ˸е^
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n. - ??, ??? ??
v. intr. - ????, ????
idioms:
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ձZ (Japanese)
n. - ~, ~ԭ
v. - ~
idioms:
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