despair

verb · nounB1

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

despairs

V_ing/Gerund

despairing

V_ed/pp

despaired

1.
(obsolete, transitive)To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
2.
(transitive)To cause to despair.
3.
(intransitive)To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation. [(often) with of]

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

despairs

1.
(countable, uncountable)Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
He turned around in despair, aware that he was not going to survive.
My daughter's behavior drives me to despair.
Đồng nghĩa: desperation, despondency, hopelessness, despair, desperation, despond, despondency, hopelessness, unhope, wanhope
2.
(countable, uncountable)That which causes despair.
3.
(countable, uncountable)That which is despaired of.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

desperationdespondencyhopelessnessdespondunhope wanhope

Trái nghĩa

hoperespair

Cùng gốc / liên quan

despairercompare and despair

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle English dispeir, from despeir and Old French desperer (from Latin dēspērō, dēspērāre), or desesperer, from des- (dis-) + esperer (hope). See also desperate. Displaced native ormōdnes despair and ortrīewan to despair.