DESPAIR
\dɪspˈe͡ə], \dɪspˈeə], \d_ɪ_s_p_ˈeə]\
Definitions of DESPAIR
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
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To cause to despair.
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Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
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That which is despaired of.
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To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation; - often with of.
By Oddity Software
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To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
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To cause to despair.
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Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
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That which is despaired of.
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To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation; - often with of.
By Noah Webster.
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To abandon all hope or expectation; become hopeless.
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Loss of hope or confidence; hopelessness; that which causes loss of hope.
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Despairing.
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Despairingly.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Despairingly.
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To be without hope: to despond.
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Want of hope: utter hopelessness: that which causes despair.
By Daniel Lyons
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Despairingly.
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To abandon hope; be or become hopeless; often with of.
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Utter hopelessness.
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That which causes despair or which is despaired of.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Utter hopelessness; complete despondency; desperation; loss of hope in God's mercy.
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To be without hope; to give up all expectation; to despond.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
