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despair
English
Etymology
From Middle English dispeir, from Anglo-Norman despeir and Old French desperer (from Latin despero, desperare), or desesperer, from des- (“dis-”) + esperer (“hope”). See also desperate
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d??sp??(?)/
- (General American) IPA(key): /d??sp???/
- Hyphenation: des?pair
Verb
despair (third-person singular simple present despairs, present participle despairing, simple past and past participle despaired)
- (transitive, obsolete) To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
- (transitive, obsolete) To cause to despair.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir W. Williams to this entry?)
- (intransitive, often with “of”) To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation.
Translations
Noun
despair (countable and uncountable, plural despairs)
- Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
- He turned around in despair, aware that he was not going to survive
- That which causes despair.
- That which is despaired of. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Synonyms
- desperation
- despondency
- hopelessness
Antonyms
- hope
Translations
Anagrams
- Piedras, aperids, aspired, diapers, praised, pre-AIDS
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hopelessly
English
Etymology
hopeless +? -ly
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?ho?pl?sli/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?h??pl?sli/
- Hyphenation: hope?less?ly
Adverb
hopelessly (comparative more hopelessly, superlative most hopelessly)
- In a manner showing no hope
See also
- hopeless
- despairingly
- despair
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