despair
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to despair (third-person singular simple present despairs, present participle despairing, simple past and past participle despaired)
- (transitive) To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of (obsolete).
- (transitive, obsolete) To cause to despair.
- (intransitive, often with “of”) To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation.
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to despair of
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to cause to despair
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to be hopeless
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despair (uncountable)
- Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
- He turned around in despair, aware that he was not going to survive
- That which is despaired of.
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despair
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