different between despair vs undespairingly
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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undespairingly
English
Etymology
undespairing +? -ly
Adverb
undespairingly (comparative more undespairingly, superlative most undespairingly)
- Without despairing.
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