despairing (verb)

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• despair — [[t]dɪspe͟ə(r)[/t]] despairs, despairing, despaired 1) N UNCOUNT: also N in pl Despair is the feeling that everything is wrong and that nothing will improve. I looked at my wife in despair... There is always someone to whom you can admit feelings …   English dictionary

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• 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

• empty — 1 / empti/ adjective 1 CONTAINER having nothing inside: an empty box | Your glass is empty can I fill it up? 2 ROOM/BUILDING an empty room, building etc does not have any people in it: The house had been empty for six months before we moved in. | …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English