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Definitions for: Despair
[n] the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well
[n] a state in which everything seems wrong and will turn out badly; "they were rescued from despair at the last minute"
[v] abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart; "Don't despair--help is on the way!"
Webster (1913) Definition: De*spair", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Despaired; p. pr. &
vb. n. Despairing.] [OE. despeiren, dispeiren, OF.
desperer, fr. L. desperare; de- + sperare to hope; akin to
spes hope, and perh. to spatium space, E. space, speed; cf.
OF. espeir hope, F. espoir. Cf. Prosper, Desperate.]
To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or
expectation; -- often with of.
We despaired even of life. --2 Cor. i. 8.
Never despair of God's blessings here. --Wake.
Syn: See Despond.
De*spair", v. t.
1. To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
[Obs.]
I would not despair the greatest design that could
be attempted. --Milton.
2. To cause to despair. [Obs.] --Sir W. Williams.
De*spair", n. [Cf. OF. despoir, fr. desperer.]
1. Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
We in dark dreams are tossing to and fro, Pine with
regret, or sicken with despair. --Keble.
Before he [Bunyan] was ten, his sports were
interrupted by fits of remorse and despair.
--Macaulay.
2. That which is despaired of. ``The mere despair of surgery
he cures.'' --Shak.
Syn: Desperation; despondency; hopelessness.
Synonyms: desperation
Antonyms: hope, hope
See Also: condition, despond, discouragement, disheartenment, dismay, feeling, hopelessness, pessimism, resignation, status, surrender
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