to despair
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4.1
- verb
- /dɪˈspɛr/
:
desesperarse (de)
- After struggling for months to find a job, he began to despair of ever being hired.
- despair of finding
- make someone despair
- never despair
Yet here we are despairing, you know, So don't despair.
- Yet here we are despairing, you know, So don't despair.
- So if you weren't a child prodigy, don't despair.
- And next, you know, so go with your keep going with your direction and don't despair.
- And this is where I say to people, if you don't like the way things are going, don't despair.
- And yet I despair at times because I don't see that as a cultural priority.
- Is it true sometimes you despair at your children's behaviour and left left you feeling very uneasy?
- But any I just want to say to any of RFK Junior fans who might be watching, do not despair.
- I think it's 'cause to to rejoice, not to despair, but to rejoice.
- The second thing I would say is that I think it's, it's almost unchristian to be to despair.
Examples
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But do not despair.
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We must not despair of the Republic.
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I do not despair of faith in this environment.
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When they despair, give them hope.
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In the meanwhile, I see no reason to despair.
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If there is anyone out there, don't despair, I will find you.
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There is no source of work in Honduras now, and people are despairing as they try to find work.
Fiction book (1994) -
Dillon: Well, don't despair; there's enough faith to go around for everyone here.
Fiction book (1992) -
Don't despair.
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I put my lips close to the jamb and whispered, "Do not despair, Peaches."
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
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9.6
To lose hope or confidence
To start feeling hopeless slowly without noticing
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Literature
A very strong feeling that nothing will get better and you have no hope
How Hopeless
Surface Forms
Etymology
Despair comes from Latin parts de- 'without' and sperare 'to hope', and it shares the same root as desperate. So, to despair is to lose all hope or to stop believing that something good will happen.