despair 音标拼音: [dɪsp'ɛr]
n .
U 绝望
vi . 绝望,丧失信心
U 绝望绝望,丧失信心
despair n 1 :
a state in which all hope is lost or absent ; "
in the depths of despair "; "
they were rescued from despair at the last minute "; "
courage born of desperation " [
synonym : {
despair },
{
desperation }]
2 :
the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well ; "
they moaned in despair and dismay "; "
one harsh word would send her into the depths of despair " [
ant : {
hope }]
v 1 :
abandon hope ;
give up hope ;
lose heart ; "
Don '
t despair --
help is on the way !" [
ant : {
hope }]
Despair \
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 .
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1913 Webster ]
We despaired even of life . --
2 Cor .
i .
8 .
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Never despair of God '
s blessings here . --
Wake .
Syn :
See {
Despond }.
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Despair \
De *
spair "\,
v .
t .
1 .
To give up as beyond hope or expectation ;
to despair of .
[
Obs .]
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I would not despair the greatest design that could be attempted . --
Milton .
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2 .
To cause to despair . [
Obs .] --
Sir W .
Williams .
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Despair \
De *
spair "\,
n . [
Cf .
OF .
despoir ,
fr .
desperer .]
1 .
Loss of hope ;
utter hopelessness ;
complete despondency .
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We in dark dreams are tossing to and fro ,
Pine with regret ,
or sicken with despair . --
Keble .
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Before he [
Bunyan ]
was ten ,
his sports were interrupted by fits of remorse and despair .
--
Macaulay .
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2 .
That which is despaired of . "
The mere despair of surgery he cures ." --
Shak .
Syn :
Desperation ;
despondency ;
hopelessness .
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1913 Webster ]
98 Moby Thesaurus words for "
despair ":
Schmerz ,
Slough of Despond ,
abandon ,
abandon hope ,
acedia ,
aching heart ,
agony ,
agony of mind ,
anguish ,
apathy ,
bale ,
become suicidal ,
bitterness ,
blank despondency ,
bleeding heart ,
broken heart ,
cave of Trophonius ,
cave of despair ,
crushing ,
death wish ,
dejectedness ,
dejection ,
depression ,
depth of misery ,
desolation ,
despair of ,
desperateness ,
desperation ,
despond ,
despondency ,
despondentness ,
disconsolateness ,
discouragement ,
disheartenment ,
dispiritedness ,
distress ,
down trip ,
downcastness ,
downer ,
downheartedness ,
droop ,
drooping spirits ,
drop ,
extremity ,
falter ,
forlornness ,
give up ,
give up hope ,
give way ,
gloom ,
gloominess ,
grief ,
heartache ,
heartlessness ,
heavy heart ,
hit rock bottom ,
hopelessness ,
infelicity ,
languish ,
lose heart ,
lose hope ,
low spirits ,
lowness ,
lowness of spirit ,
malaise ,
melancholia ,
melancholy ,
miserableness ,
misery ,
no exit ,
no way ,
no way out ,
oppression ,
pessimism ,
plumb the depths ,
prostration ,
quit ,
reach the depths ,
relinquish ,
renounce ,
resign ,
resignation ,
sadness ,
self -
destructive urge ,
sink ,
sink into despair ,
sinking heart ,
sloth ,
spiritlessness ,
suicidal despair ,
surrender ,
taedium vitae ,
touch bottom ,
weariness of life ,
woe ,
wretchedness ,
yield ,
yield to despair
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英語「despair」の意味・使い方・読み方 | Weblio英和辞書 despair (third-person singular simple present despairs, present participle despairing, simple past and past participle despaired) (transitive, obsolete) To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of
DESPAIR Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster Noun On the occasion of Johnson's tercentenary, Martin (A Life of James Boswell) searches out the psychological elements covered up by Boswell and others: the immense insecurities, bouts of deep depression, corrosive self-doubt and, in his last days, despair for his very soul
DESPAIR | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary DESPAIR definition: 1 the feeling that there is no hope and that you can do nothing to improve a difficult or worrying… Learn more
DESPAIR Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com What does despair mean? To despair is to lose all hope Despair can also be used as a noun meaning complete hopelessness Despair usually involves deep sadness and emotional pain about something that has happened or that hasn’t happened—something usually triggers the despair
despair noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . . Definition of despair noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
despair - Wiktionary, the free dictionary Noun despair (countable and uncountable, plural despairs) Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency
despair - WordReference. com Dictionary of English Despair suggests total loss of hope, which may be passive or may drive one to furious efforts, even if at random: in the depths of despair; courage born of despair
DESPAIR definition in American English | Collins English Dictionary If you despair, you feel that everything is wrong and that nothing will improve "Oh, I despair sometimes," he says in mock sorrow
DESPAIR Synonyms: 108 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster Synonyms for DESPAIR: desperation, sadness, hopelessness, sorrow, depression, melancholy, despondency, misery; Antonyms of DESPAIR: hope, hopefulness, optimism, cheerfulness, cheer, mirth, glee, joy
Despair - definition of despair by The Free Dictionary de•spair (dɪˈspɛər) n 1 loss of hope; hopelessness 2 a source of hopelessness: to be the despair of one's teachers