ALL meanings of despair
de·spair
D d - uncountable noun despair Despair is the feeling that everything is wrong and that nothing will improve. 3
- verb despair If you despair, you feel that everything is wrong and that nothing will improve. 3
- verb despair If you despair of something, you feel that there is no hope that it will happen or improve. If you despair of someone, you feel that there is no hope that they will improve. 3
- verb despair to lose or give up hope 3
- verb despair to give up hope of; lose hope in 3
- noun despair total loss of hope 3
- noun despair a person or thing that causes hopelessness or for which there is no hope 3
- intransitive verb despair to lose hope; be without hope 3
- verb transitive despair to give up hope of 3
- noun despair loss of hope 3
- noun despair a person or thing causing despair 3
- noun despair Lose or be without hope. 1
- noun despair feeling: hopelessness 1
- intransitive verb despair lose hope 1
- intransitive verb despair lose hope in sb, sth 1
- verbal expression despair lose hope of doing sth 1
- noun despair person, thing: cause of despair 1
- noun despair loss of hope; hopelessness. 1
- noun despair someone or something that causes hopelessness: He is the despair of his mother. 1
- verb without object despair to lose, give up, or be without hope (often followed by of): to despair of humanity. 1
- verb with object despair Obsolete. to give up hope of. 1
- noun despair Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency. 0
- noun despair That which is despaired of. 0
- verb despair (Transitive Verb) OBS To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of. 0
- verb despair (Transitive Verb) OBS To cause to despair. 0
- verb despair (Intransitive Verb) (often with “of”) To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation. 0