Definitions of despair [ɪˈspɛər]

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Definition of 'despair'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) despair
loss of hope; hopelessness.

2. despair
a source of hopelessness:
to be the despair of one's teachers.

3. (v.i.) despair
to lose, give up, or be without hope:
to despair of humanity.

4. (v.t.) despair
Obs. to give up hope of.

Etymology: (1275–1325; < OF despoir (n.), < L dēspērāre to be without hope =dē-de - +spērāre to hope, der. of spēs hope)

Definition of 'despair'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) despair, desperation
a state in which all hope is lost or absent
"in the depths of despair"; "they were rescued from despair at the last minute"; "courage born of desperation"

2. (verb) despair
the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well
"they moaned in despair and dismay"; "one harsh word would send her into the depths of despair"

3. (verb) despair
abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart
"Don't despair--help is on the way!"

Definition of 'despair'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) despair
a feeling of great unhappiness and hopelessness
his despair at losing his wife; to be in despair over the political unrest

Definition of 'despair'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) despair
loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency

2. (noun) despair
that which is despaired of

3. (verb) despair
to be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation; -- often with of

4. (verb) despair
to give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of

5. (verb) despair
to cause to despair

Translation of 'despair'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to lose hope (of) I despair of ever teaching my son anything.
Afrikaans: wanhoop aan, vertwyfel	Arabic: يَيأَس، يَقْطَعُ الأمَل	Bulgarian: губя надежда
Brazilian: desesperar	Czech: zoufat si (nad), cítit be	German: verzweifeln
Danish: opgive håbet om	Greek: απελπίζομαι	Spanish: desesperar, perder la esp
Estonian: lootust kaotama	Farsi: ناامید شدن؛ دلسرد شدن	Finnish: luopua toivosta
French: (se) désespérer (de)	Hebrew: לְהִתיָאֵש	Hindi: निराश होना
Croatian: beznadnost	Hungarian: kétségbeesik, felad vmit	Indonesian: putus asa
Icelandic: örvænta (um)	Italian: disperare	Japanese: 絶望する
Korean: 절망하다	Lithuanian: netekti vilties	Latvian: zaudēt cerību
Malay: putus harapan	Dutch: de hoop opgeven	Norwegian: fortvile, oppgi håpet
Polish: rozpaczać	Persian: ناامید شدن؛ دلسرد شدن	Pashto: مايوسېدل، نا اميدكېدل
Portuguese: desesperar	Romanian: a dispera; a fi disperat	Russian: отчаиваться
Slovak: zúfať si	Slovenian: obupavati	Serbian: očajavati
Swedish: förtvivla, misströsta	Thai: สิ้นหวัง	Turkish: ümidini yitirmek
Taiwanese: 絕望	Ukrainian: впадати в розпач; втрачат	Urdu: نا امید ہونا
Vietnamese: thất vọng	Chinese: 绝望
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