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| de·spair [ di spér ] |
noun |
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1. feeling of hopelessness: a profound feeling that there is no hope
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2. cause of hopelessness: somebody or something that makes somebody feel hopeless or exasperated
  He was the despair of his soccer coach.
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intransitive verb (past and past participle de·spaired, present participle de·spair·ing, 3rd person present singular de·spairs) |
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lose hope: to feel that there is no hope
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| [14th century. Via French< Latin desperare "stop hoping" < sperare "to hope" < spes "hope"] |
