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  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 \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 \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 \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.
  
           We despaired even of life.               --2 Cor. i. 8.
  
           Never despair of God's blessings here.   --Wake.
  
     Syn: See Despond.

  Despair \De*spair"\, v. t.
     1. To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
        [Obs.]
  
              I would not despair the greatest design that could
              be attempted.                         --Milton.
  
     2. To cause to despair. [Obs.] --Sir W. Williams.

  Despair \De*spair"\, n. [Cf. OF. despoir, fr. desperer.]
     1. Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
  
              We in dark dreams are tossing to and fro, Pine with
              regret, or sicken with despair.       --Keble.
  
              Before he [Bunyan] was ten, his sports were
              interrupted by fits of remorse and despair.
                                                    --Macaulay.

  despair
       n 1: a state in which everything seems wrong and will turn out
            badly; "they were rescued from despair at the last
            minute" [syn: desperation]
       2: the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn
          out well [ant: hope]
       v : abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart; "Don't despair--help
           is on the way!" [ant: hope]

  despair
     Αγγλικά n.
     η απελπισία
     Αγγλικά vb.
     απελπίζομαι

  despair
     n.
     1 Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
     2 That which causes despair. <!--Chambers 1908-->
     3 That which is despaired of. (rfex: en)
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive obsolete) To give up as beyond hope or
  expectation; to despair of.
     2 (lb en transitive) To cause to despair.
     3 (lb en intransitive often with “of”) To be hopeless; to have no
  hope; to give up all hope or expectation.

  despair
     n.
     1 Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
     2 That which causes despair. <!--Chambers 1908-->
     3 That which is despaired of. (rfex: en)
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive obsolete) To give up as beyond hope or
  expectation; to despair of.
     2 (lb en transitive) To cause to despair.
     3 (lb en intransitive often with “of”) To be hopeless; to have no
  hope; to give up all hope or expectation.

  despair
     n.
     1 Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
     2 That which causes despair. <!--Chambers 1908-->
     3 That which is despaired of. (rfex: en)
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive obsolete) To give up as beyond hope or
  expectation; to despair of.
     2 (lb en transitive) To cause to despair.
     3 (lb en intransitive often with “of”) To be hopeless; to have no
  hope; to give up all hope or expectation.

  despair
     n.
     1 Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
     2 That which causes despair. <!--Chambers 1908-->
     3 That which is despaired of. (rfex: en)
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive obsolete) To give up as beyond hope or
  expectation; to despair of.
     2 (lb en transitive) To cause to despair.
     3 (lb en intransitive often with “of”) To be hopeless; to have no
  hope; to give up all hope or expectation.

  despair
     Englanti n.
     epätoivo

  despair
     Engelska n.
     desperation, förtvivlan, hopplöshet
     Engelska vb.
     förtvivla, förlora hoppet

  Despair /dɪspˈeə/
  اليأس

  despair //dɪˈspɛə(ɹ)// //dɪˈspɛɚ// 
  отча́яние
  loss of hope

  despair //dɪˈspɛə(ɹ)// //dɪˈspɛɚ// 
  1. губя надежда
  to be hopeless
  2. отчайвам
  to cause to despair
  3. отча́йвам се
  to despair of

  despair /dɪspˈeə/ 
  zoufalství

  despair /dɪspˈeə/
  beznaděj

  despair /dɪspˈeə/ 
  anobeithio 

  despair /dɪspˈeə/ 
  gwanobeithio 

  despair /dɪspˈeə/
  Verzweiflung , Seelennot  [geh.] , Seelenpein  [poet.]
        "reduce sb. to despair"  - jdn. zur Verzweiflung bringen
     Synonyms: anguish of mind, anguish
  
   see: black despair
  

  despair /dɪspˈeə/ 
  verzweifeln 
           Note: an
   see: despairing, despaired, despairs, despaired
  
           Note: of

  despair /dɪspˈeə/
  
  απόγνωση

  despair //dɪˈspɛə(ɹ)// //dɪˈspɛɚ// 
  epätoivo
  loss of hope

  despair //dɪˈspɛə(ɹ)// //dɪˈspɛɚ// 
  luopua, menettää
  to be hopeless

  despair /dispɛər/
  1. désespérer
  2. désespoir

  despair /dɪspˈeə/ 
  1. निराशा
        "They were rescued from despair at the last minute"

  despair /dɪspˈeə/ 
  1. निराश~होना
        "Don't despair--help is on the way!"

  despair /dɪspˈeə/
  očajanje, očajavati

  despair /dɪspˈeə/
  1. átka vkinek
  2. kétségbeesés oka
  3. kétségbeesés
  4. réme vkinek
  5. bánata vkinek
  6. szerencsétlensége vkinek

  despair //dɪˈspɛə(ɹ)// //dɪˈspɛɚ// 
  putus asa
  loss of hope

  despair //dɪˈspɛə(ɹ)// //dɪˈspɛɚ// 
  putus asa
  to be hopeless

  despair //dɪˈspɛə(ɹ)// //dɪˈspɛɚ// 
  絶望, 失望
  loss of hope

  despair //dɪˈspɛə(ɹ)// //dɪˈspɛɚ// 
  絶望, 諦める
  to despair of

  despair /dispɛər/
  1. desperare
  2. desperatio

  despair //dɪˈspɛə(ɹ)// //dɪˈspɛɚ// 
  desperasjon, håplosighet
  loss of hope

  despair //dɪˈspɛə(ɹ)// //dɪˈspɛɚ// 
  1. fortvile
  to be hopeless
  2. fortvile, over
  to despair of

  despair /dɪˈspeə/
  I.    rozpacz
  II.   1.  rozpaczać (at sth - nad czymś)
   2.  tracić nadzieję (of doing sth - zrobienia czegoś)

  despair /dispɛər/
  1. desesperar, perderaesperança
  2. desespero

  despair //dɪˈspɛə(ɹ)// //dɪˈspɛɚ// 
  förtvivlan, desperation, hopplöshet
  loss of hope

  despair //dɪˈspɛə(ɹ)// //dɪˈspɛɚ// 
  1. förtvivla, misströsta
  to be hopeless
  2. misströsta, förtvivla
  to despair of

  despair /dɪspˈeə/
  1. yeis, üzuntü, keder, ümitsizlik
  2. (sık sık) of ile ümitsiz olmak, meyus olmak. despairingly  üzüntüyle, kederle.

  
/dɪˈspɛɹ/

  98 Moby Thesaurus words for "despair":
     Schmerz, Slough of Despond, abandon, abandon hope, acedia,
     aching heart, agony, agony of mind, anguish, apathy, bale,
     become suicidal, bitterness, blank despondency, bleeding heart,
     broken heart, cave of Trophonius, cave of despair, crushing,
     death wish, dejectedness, dejection, depression, depth of misery,
     desolation, despair of, desperateness, desperation, despond,
     despondency, despondentness, disconsolateness, discouragement,
     disheartenment, dispiritedness, distress, down trip, downcastness,
     downer, downheartedness, droop, drooping spirits, drop, extremity,
     falter, forlornness, give up, give up hope, give way, gloom,
     gloominess, grief, heartache, heartlessness, heavy heart,
     hit rock bottom, hopelessness, infelicity, languish, lose heart,
     lose hope, low spirits, lowness, lowness of spirit, malaise,
     melancholia, melancholy, miserableness, misery, no exit, no way,
     no way out, oppression, pessimism, plumb the depths, prostration,
     quit, reach the depths, relinquish, renounce, resign, resignation,
     sadness, self-destructive urge, sink, sink into despair,
     sinking heart, sloth, spiritlessness, suicidal despair, surrender,
     taedium vitae, touch bottom, weariness of life, woe, wretchedness,
     yield, yield to despair
  
  

  n. 绝望,失望;

     n. U绝望
     vi. 绝望,丧失信心