despair

Meanings

Verb

To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
To cause to despair.
To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation.

Noun

Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
That which causes despair.
That which is despaired of.

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Opposite words

hope

Origin

From Middle English dispeir, from Anglo-Norman despeir and Old French desperer (from Latin despero), or desesperer, from des- + esperer. See also desperate

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