Definition of despair

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of despair is as below...

Despair (v. t.) To cause to despair.

Lern More About Despair

Desperation :: Desperation (n.) A state of despair, or utter hopeless; abandonment of hope; extreme recklessness; reckless fury..
Despair :: Despair (v. t.) To cause to despair.
Despairful :: Despairful (a.) Hopeless.
Industry :: Industry (n.) Habitual diligence in any employment or pursuit, either bodily or mental; steady attention to business; assiduity; -- opposed to sloth and idleness; as, industry pays debts, while idleness or despair will increase them..
Despaired :: Despaired (imp. & p. p.) of Despai.
Broken-hearted :: Broken-hearted (a.) Having the spirits depressed or crushed by grief or despair.
Desperate :: Desperate (a.) Without hope; given to despair; hopeless.
Desperate :: Desperate (a.) Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable; past cure, or, at least, extremely dangerous; as, a desperate disease; desperate fortune..
Despairing :: Despairing (a.) Feeling or expressing despair; hopeless.
Hopeless :: Hopeless (a.) Unhoped for; despaired of.
Deperditely :: Deperditely (adv.) Hopelessly; despairingly; in the manner of one ruined; as, deperditely wicked..
Despairer :: Despairer (n.) One who despairs.
Despair :: Despair (v. i.) To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation; -- often with of.
Despair :: Despair (n.) Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
Wanhope :: Wanhope (n.) Want of hope; despair; also, faint or delusive hope; delusion. [Obs.] Piers Plowman..
Partenope :: Partenope (n.) One of the Sirens, who threw herself into the sea, in despair at not being able to beguile Ulysses by her songs..
Distraction :: Distraction (n.) Agitation from violent emotions; perturbation of mind; despair.
Despair :: Despair (v. t.) To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
Surrender :: Surrender (v. t.) To yield to any influence, emotion, passion, or power; -- used reflexively; as, to surrender one's self to grief, to despair, to indolence, or to sleep..
Desperate :: Desperate (a.) Proceeding from, or suggested by, despair; without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious; as, a desperate effort..
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us