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despair (noun)

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  • despair — ► NOUN ▪ the complete loss or absence of hope. ► VERB ▪ lose or be without hope. ● be the despair of Cf. ↑be the despair of ORIGIN from Latin desperare, from sperare to hope …   English terms dictionary

  • despair — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ black, deep ▪ complete, total, utter VERB + DESPAIR ▪ feel ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

  • despair — (v.) early 14c., from stem of O.Fr. desperer be dismayed, lose hope, despair, from L. desperare to despair, to lose all hope, from de without + sperare to hope, from spes hope (see SPEED (Cf. speed)). The noun (c.1300) replaced native wanhope.… …   Etymology dictionary

  • despair — noun the complete loss or absence of hope. verb lose or be without hope. Phrases be the despair of be the cause of despair in (someone else). Derivatives despairing adjective despairingly adverb Origin ME: via Anglo Norman Fr. from OFr. desespeir …   English new terms dictionary

  • despair — 1 noun (U) 1 a feeling that you have no hope at all for the future: in despair: I spent ages trying to fix it, but gave up in despair. | the depths of despair (=very strong feelings of despair) | drive sb to despair: Norman s constant drinking… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • despair — I. verb Etymology: Middle English despeiren, from Anglo French desperer, from Latin desperare, from de + sperare to hope; akin to Latin spes hope more at speed Date: 14th century intransitive verb to lose all hope or confidence < despair of… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • despair — I UK [dɪˈspeə(r)] / US [dɪˈsper] noun [uncountable] * the feeling that a situation is so bad that nothing you can do will change it To my utter despair, the car would not start. in despair: In despair he phoned the embassy. II UK [dɪˈspeə(r)] /… …   English dictionary

  • despair — de|spair1 [ dı sper ] noun uncount * the feeling that a situation is so bad that nothing you can do will change it: To my utter despair, the car would not start. in despair: In despair he phoned the embassy. despair de|spair 2 [ dı sper ] verb… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 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

  • despair — 1. verb To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation. 2. noun a) Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency. He turned around in despair, aware that he was not going to survive b) That which is despaired of. Syn …   Wiktionary

  • despair — [14] Etymologically, despair is literally ‘lack of hope’. The word comes via Old French desperer from Latin dēspērāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix dē , denoting reversal, and spērāre, a derivative of the noun spēs ‘hope’. Its past… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

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