abandon oneself to despair

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• despair of — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. lose hope, lose faith, lose heart, lose courage, give up, give up hope, abandon hope, give up all expectation, give way, give in to despair, despond, have no hope, have a heavy heart, lose faith in, abandon oneself to fate;… …   English dictionary for students

• despair — 1. noun let me help you during this time of your despair Syn: hopelessness, disheartenment, discouragement, desperation, distress, anguish, unhappiness; despondency, depression, disconsolateness, melancholy, misery, wretchedness; defeatism,… …   Thesaurus of popular words

• abandon — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. relinquish, resign, give up, forgo, surrender, discontinue, waive, abdicate; leave, quit, evacuate, withdraw (from); desert, forsake, maroon, discard, drop; let go, throw up, pull out of, have done …   English dictionary for students

• abandon — I v 1. forsake, desert, leave behind, throw over, jilt, run out on, Inf. leave flat, turn one s back on, Sl. give the deep six; ignore, cut off, neglect, ostracize; leave, depart, quit, go away from, vacate, evacuate. 2. discard, cast off,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• give up — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To surrender] Syn. stop fighting, cede, hand over; see yield 1 . 2. [To stop] Syn. quit, halt, cease, renounce, forswear, abjure; see also abandon 1 , end 1 . 3. [To despair] Syn. lose heart, lose courage, give in, abandon… …   English dictionary for students

• give — v. & n. v. (past gave; past part. given) 1 tr. (also absol.; often foll. by to) transfer the possession of freely; hand over as a present (gave them her old curtains; gives to cancer research). 2 tr. a transfer the ownership of with or without… …   Useful english dictionary

• give up — verb Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to yield control or possession of ; surrender < forced to give up his job > 2. to desist from ; abandon < refused to give up her efforts > 3. to declare incurable or insoluble …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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