despair
/dɪˈspɛə(ɹ)/ · noun
Meaning
- Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
- That which causes despair.
- That which is despaired of.
- To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
- To cause to despair.
- (often with “of”) To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation.
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