Thesaurus: despair

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1. v. i. To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation; -- often with of.
2. v. t. To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
3. v. t. To cause to despair.
4. n. Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
5. n. That which is despaired of.
6. n. a state in which all hope is lost or absent
7. n. the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well
8. v. abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart
9. To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope orexpectation; -- often with of.We despaired even of life. 2 Cor. i. 8.Never despair of God's blessings here. Wake.
10. v:17/n:83 n. a state in which all hope is lost or absent n. the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well v. abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart