Despair definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary DESPAIR, n. 1. Hopelessness; a hopeless state; a destitution of hope or expectation. We are perplexed, but not in despair. 2 Corinthians 4. All safety in despair of safety placed. 2. That which causes despair; that of which there is no hope. The mere despair of surgery, he cures. 3. Loss of hope in ...
... or dejected in mind; to fail in spirits. I should despair, or at least despond. 2. To lose all courage, spirit ... and despond at the first difficulty. Note. The distinction between despair and despond is well marked in the foregoing passage from Scott. But although despair implies a total loss of hope, which despond does not ... by the abandonment of effort, or cessation of action, and despair sometimes impelss to violent action, even to rage. WordNet (r ... dispirited or depressed; to take an unhopeful view. I should despair, or at least despond. --Scott's Letters. Others depress their ... power still stand strong. --D. Webster. Syn: Despond, Dispair. Usage: Despair implies a total loss of hope, which despond does ...
Desperate definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary DESPERATE, a. [L. To despair.] 1. Without hope. I am desperate of obtaining her. 2 ... a desperate man. Hence, 3. Furious, as a man in despair. 4. Hopeless; despaired of; lost beyond hope of recovery; irretrievable ... 3.0 (2005) adj 1: arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope; "a despairing view of the world ... of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair; "a desperate criminal"; "taken hostage of desperate men" 4: showing ... for hope < the outlook was desperate > 2. a. moved by despair < victims made desperate by abuse > b. involving or employing extreme ... despondent • desperateness noun Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. 1 reckless from despair; violent and lawless. 2 a extremely dangerous or serious ( ...
... giving up of hope; as desperation of success. 2. Hopelessness; despair; as, the men were in a state of desperation. Hence ... all hope is lost or absent; "in the depths of despair"; "they were rescued from despair at the last minute"; "courage born of desperation" [syn: despair, desperation] 2: desperate recklessness; "it was a policy of desperation ... Date: 14th century 1. loss of hope and surrender to despair 2. a state of hopelessness leading to rashness Webster's ... success chills all our industry. --Hammond. 2. A state of despair, or utter hopeless; abandonment of hope; extreme recklessness; reckless ...
... given themselves over to all manner of vice. 2. To despair of recovery; to believe to be lost, or past recovery ... 1 Samuel 24. To give one's self up, to despair of one's recovery; to conclude to be lost. 1 ... oneself up to 1 abandon oneself to an emotion, esp. despair. 2 addict oneself to. give on to (or into) (of ... a) To yield completely; to quit; to abandon. (b) To despair of. (c) To addict, resign, or apply (one's self ... To give one's self up, to abandon hope; to despair; to surrender one's self. To give way. (a) To ... To give up, to cease from effort; to yield; to despair; as, he would never give up. Webster's 1913 ...
... a particular feeling, influence, or activity < gave himself up to despair > b. to devote to a particular purpose or use 5. to despair of seeing < we'd given you up > 6. to allow ... with, cry quits, cut out, dabble, demit, desist, desist from, despair, despair of, despond, discontinue, disgorge, dispense with, dispose of, disuse, do ... from office, retract, sacrifice, scratch the surface, shake, sink into despair, smatter, spare, stand aside, stand down, step aside, stop, superannuate ... from, wonder, wonder whether, wot not of, yield, yield to despair
... 3.0 (2005) adj 1: arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope; "a despairing view of the world ... adjective Date: 1589 given to, arising from, or marked by despair ; devoid of hope Synonyms: see despondent • despairingly adverb Webster's 1913 Dictionary Despair De*spair", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Despaired; p. pr ... We despaired even of life. --2 Cor. i. 8. Never despair of God's blessings here. --Wake. Syn: See Despond. Webster ... 1913 Dictionary Despairing De*spair"ing, a. Feeling or expressing despair; hopeless. -- De*spair"ing*ly, adv. -- De*spair"ing*ness ...
... Cobuild Dictionary see heart Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms Despair, be discouraged, give up hope. Moby Thesaurus abandon hope, become suicidal, despair, despair of, despond, droop, falter, give up, give up hope, give ... hope, plumb the depths, reach the depths, sink, sink into despair, touch bottom, yield to despair
... loss of hope; sinking into dejection; depressed and inactive in despair. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: without or almost ... appeals for the return of the kidnapped child >. desperate implies despair that prompts reckless action or violence in the face of ... desperate attempt to turn the tide of battle >. hopeless suggests despair and the cessation of effort or resistance and often implies ... feeling low, forlorn, grieving, grim, heartless, hopeless, hypochondriac, hypochondriacal, in despair, in low spirits, in the depths, in the doldrums, in ...
... the mind, it signifies any keen distress from sorrow, remorse, despair and kindred passions. And they hearkened not to Moses, for ... pain or suffering of soul, e.g. excessive grief, remorse, despair. Chiefly expressed in Old Testament, by four derivatives of tsuq ... crushing, cut, cut up, depression, depth of misery, desolate, desolation, despair, discomfort, discomposure, discontent, dislike, displeasure, disquiet, dissatisfaction, distress, disturb, dole ... sorrowing, spleen, stab, staleness, sting, suffer, suffer anguish, suffering, suicidal despair, tastelessness, tediousness, tedium, thrill, throb, tingle, torment, torture, trouble, twinge ...
... dispirited or depressed; to take an unhopeful view. I should despair, or at least despond. --Scott's Letters. Others depress their ... power still stand strong. --D. Webster. Syn: Despond, Dispair. Usage: Despair implies a total loss of hope, which despond does not ... in every case; yet despondency is often more lasting than despair, or than desperation, which impels to violent action.
... a) To yield completely; to quit; to abandon. (b) To despair of. (c) To addict, resign, or apply (one's self ... To give one's self up, to abandon hope; to despair; to surrender one's self. To give way. (a) To ... To give up, to cease from effort; to yield; to despair; as, he would never give up.