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despair

/ despair /

noun/verb

noun Sense 1

the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well

Opposites:

hope

Type of:

feeling

Kinds of:

hopelessness resignation surrender discouragement disheartenment

noun Sense 2

a state in which everything seems wrong and will turn out badly

"they were rescued from despair at the last minute"

Type of:

condition status

verb Sense 3

abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart

"Don''t despair--help is on the way!"

Opposites:

hope

Kinds of:

despond

Derived:

desperation desperate

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s something

Somebody ----s something with something

Semantic Complexity

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