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despair
(encz) | despair,beznaděj Zdeněk Brož |
despair
(encz) | despair,zoufalství n: Zdeněk Brož |
Despair
(gcide) | Despair \De*spair"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Despaired; p. pr. &
vb. n. Despairing.] [OE. despeiren, dispeiren, OF.
desperer, fr. L. desperare; de- + sperare to hope; akin to
spes hope, and perh. to spatium space, E. space, speed; cf.
OF. espeir hope, F. espoir. Cf. Prosper, Desperate.]
To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or
expectation; -- often with of.
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We despaired even of life. --2 Cor. i. 8.
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Never despair of God's blessings here. --Wake.
Syn: See Despond.
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Despair
(gcide) | Despair \De*spair"\, v. t.
1. To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
[Obs.]
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I would not despair the greatest design that could
be attempted. --Milton.
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2. To cause to despair. [Obs.] --Sir W. Williams.
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Despair
(gcide) | Despair \De*spair"\, n. [Cf. OF. despoir, fr. desperer.]
1. Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
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We in dark dreams are tossing to and fro,
Pine with regret, or sicken with despair. --Keble.
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Before he [Bunyan] was ten, his sports were
interrupted by fits of remorse and despair.
--Macaulay.
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2. That which is despaired of. "The mere despair of surgery
he cures." --Shak.
Syn: Desperation; despondency; hopelessness.
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despair
(wn) | despair
n 1: 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" [syn: despair,
desperation]
2: 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" [ant: hope]
v 1: abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart; "Don't despair--
help is on the way!" [ant: hope] |
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abject despair
(encz) | abject despair,nejhlubší zoufalství |
despair
(encz) | despair,beznaděj Zdeněk Broždespair,zoufalství n: Zdeněk Brož |
despairing
(encz) | despairing,beznadějný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
despairingly
(encz) | despairingly,beznadějně adv: Zdeněk Broždespairingly,zoufale adv: Zdeněk Brož |
Despaired
(gcide) | Despair \De*spair"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Despaired; p. pr. &
vb. n. Despairing.] [OE. despeiren, dispeiren, OF.
desperer, fr. L. desperare; de- + sperare to hope; akin to
spes hope, and perh. to spatium space, E. space, speed; cf.
OF. espeir hope, F. espoir. Cf. Prosper, Desperate.]
To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or
expectation; -- often with of.
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We despaired even of life. --2 Cor. i. 8.
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Never despair of God's blessings here. --Wake.
Syn: See Despond.
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Despairer
(gcide) | Despairer \De*spair"er\, n.
One who despairs.
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Despairful
(gcide) | Despairful \De*spair"ful\, a.
Hopeless. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Despairing
(gcide) | Despairing \De*spair"ing\, a.
Feeling or expressing despair; hopeless. --
De*spair"ing*ly, adv. -- De*spair"ing*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]Despair \De*spair"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Despaired; p. pr. &
vb. n. Despairing.] [OE. despeiren, dispeiren, OF.
desperer, fr. L. desperare; de- + sperare to hope; akin to
spes hope, and perh. to spatium space, E. space, speed; cf.
OF. espeir hope, F. espoir. Cf. Prosper, Desperate.]
To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or
expectation; -- often with of.
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We despaired even of life. --2 Cor. i. 8.
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Never despair of God's blessings here. --Wake.
Syn: See Despond.
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Despairingly
(gcide) | Despairing \De*spair"ing\, a.
Feeling or expressing despair; hopeless. --
De*spair"ing*ly, adv. -- De*spair"ing*ness, n.
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Despairingness
(gcide) | Despairing \De*spair"ing\, a.
Feeling or expressing despair; hopeless. --
De*spair"ing*ly, adv. -- De*spair"ing*ness, n.
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Undespairing
(gcide) | Undespairing \Undespairing\
See despairing. |
despair
(wn) | despair
n 1: 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" [syn: despair,
desperation]
2: 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" [ant: hope]
v 1: abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart; "Don't despair--
help is on the way!" [ant: hope] |
despairing
(wn) | despairing
adj 1: arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope; "a
despairing view of the world situation"; "the last
despairing plea of the condemned criminal"; "a desperate
cry for help"; "helpless and desperate--as if at the end
of his tether"; "her desperate screams" [syn:
despairing, desperate] |
despairingly
(wn) | despairingly
adv 1: with desperation; "`Why can't you understand?,' she asked
despairingly" [syn: despairingly, despondently] |
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