"despair" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɪˈspɛə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /dɪˈspɛɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-despair.ogg Forms: despairs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English dispeir, from Anglo-Norman despeir and Old French desperer (from Latin dēspērō, dēspērāre), or desesperer, from des- (“dis-”) + esperer (“hope”). See also desperate. Displaced native Old English ormōdnes (“despair”) and Old English ortrīewan (“to despair”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*speh₁-}}, {{inh|en|enm|dispeir}} Middle English dispeir, {{der|en|xno|despeir}} Anglo-Norman despeir, {{der|en|fro|desperer}} Old French desperer, {{der|en|la|despero|dēspērō, dēspērāre}} Latin dēspērō, dēspērāre, {{ncog|ang|ormōdnes||despair}} Old English ormōdnes (“despair”), {{ncog|ang|ortrīewan||to despair}} Old English ortrīewan (“to despair”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} despair (countable and uncountable, plural despairs)
  1. Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: desperation, despondency, hopelessness, hopelessness Translations (loss of hope): dëshpërim [masculine] (Albanian), δυσθυμία (dusthumía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), يَأْس (yaʔs) [masculine] (Arabic), desaspero [masculine] (Aragonese), հուսահատություն (husahatutʻyun) (Armenian), վհատություն (vhatutʻyun) (Armenian), հուսալքություն (husalkʻutʻyun) (Armenian), ümidsizlik (Azerbaijani), naümidlik (Azerbaijani), etsipen (Basque), ро́спач (róspač) [masculine] (Belarusian), безнадзе́йнасць (bjeznadzjéjnascʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), безнадзе́йнасьць (bjeznadzjéjnasʹcʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), নিরাশা (niraśa) (Bengali), отча́яние (otčájanie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), безнаде́ждност (beznadéždnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), desesperació (Catalan), 絕望 /绝望 (zyut⁶ mong⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 絕望 /绝望 (juéwàng) (Chinese Mandarin), zoufalství [neuter] (Czech), beznadějnost [feminine] (Czech), beznaděj [feminine] (Czech), opgivelse [common-gender] (Danish), håbløshed [common-gender] (Danish), wanhoop [common-gender] (Dutch), malespero (Esperanto), meeleheide (Estonian), ahastus (Estonian), epätoivo (Finnish), désespoir [masculine] (French), უიმედობა (uimedoba) (Georgian), სასოწარკვეთილება (sasoc̣arḳvetileba) (Georgian), Verzweiflung [feminine] (German), Hoffnungslosigkeit [feminine] (German), απελπισία (apelpisía) [feminine] (Greek), יֵאוּשׁ \ ייאוש (ye'ush) [masculine] (Hebrew), निराशा (nirāśā) [feminine] (Hindi), मायूसी (māyūsī) [feminine] (Hindi), kétségbeesés (Hungarian), csüggedés (Hungarian), örvilnun [feminine] (Icelandic), örvænting [feminine] (Icelandic), örvinglun [feminine] (Icelandic), desespero (Ido), putus asa (Indonesian), نُوْمیدی (nowmidi) (Iranian Persian), نااُمیدی (nâomidi) (Iranian Persian), نااُمّیدی (nâommidi) (Iranian Persian), یَأْس (ya's) (Iranian Persian), یاس (yâs) (Iranian Persian), مایوسی (mâyusi) (Iranian Persian), éadóchas (Irish), disperazione [feminine] (Italian), 絶望 (zetsubō) (alt: ぜつぼう) (Japanese), 失望 (shitsubō) (alt: しつぼう) (Japanese), үмітсіздік (ümıtsızdık) (Kazakh), 절망 (jeolmang) (alt: 絶望) (Korean), үмүтсүздүк (ümütsüzdük) (Kyrgyz), desperatio [feminine] (Latin), bezcerība [feminine] (Latvian), izmisums [masculine] (Latvian), neviltis [feminine] (Lithuanian), beviltiškumas [masculine] (Lithuanian), очај (očaj) [masculine] (Macedonian), безнадежност (beznadežnost) [feminine] (Macedonian), rāwakiwaki (Maori), takaruretanga (Maori), цөхрөл (cöxröl) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), bêhêvîtî [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), fortvilelse [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), håpløshet [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), desperasjon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), ormōdnes [feminine] (Old English), rozpacz [feminine] (Polish), beznadzieja [feminine] (Polish), beznadziejność [feminine] (Polish), desespero [masculine] (Portuguese), desperare [feminine] (Romanian), отча́яние (otčájanije) [neuter] (Russian), безнадёжность (beznadjóžnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), тлен (tlen) [masculine, poetic] (Russian), бѐзна̄ђе [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), очаја́ње [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), bèznāđe [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), očajánje [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), zúfalstvo [neuter] (Slovak), beznádej [feminine] (Slovak), beznádejnosť [feminine] (Slovak), obup [masculine] (Slovene), brezupnost [feminine] (Slovene), desesperación [feminine] (Spanish), desesperanza [feminine] (Spanish), desespero [masculine] (Spanish), desperation [common-gender] (Swedish), förtvivlan [common-gender] (Swedish), hopplöshet [common-gender] (Swedish), kawalang-pag-asa (Tagalog), ноумедӣ (noumedi) (Tajik), яъс (yaʾs) (Tajik), маъюсӣ (maʾyusi) (Tajik), өметсезлек (ömetsezlek) (Tatar), నిరాశ (nirāśa) (Telugu), ความสิ้นหวัง (Thai), สิ้นหวัง (sîn-wǎng) (Thai), silñe (Tocharian B), umutsuzluk (Turkish), umytsyzlyk (Turkmen), ві́дчай (vídčaj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), відча́й (vidčáj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ро́зпач (rózpač) [masculine] (Ukrainian), розпу́ка (rozpúka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), безнаді́йність (beznadíjnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), یاس (yās) [feminine] (Urdu), مایُوسی (māyūsī) [feminine] (Urdu), نا اُمِّیدی (nā ummīdī) [feminine] (Urdu), ئۈمىدسىزلىك (ümidsizlik) (Uyghur), umidsizlik (Uzbek), noumidlik (Uzbek), sự tuyệt vọng (Vietnamese), wanhope [neuter] (West Frisian), ייִאוש (yiesh) [masculine] (Yiddish)
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  2. That which causes despair. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  3. That which is despaired of. Tags: countable, uncountable
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Derived forms: climate despair, counsel of despair, death of despair, despairful, disease of despair, pit of despair, self-despair

Verb

IPA: /dɪˈspɛə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /dɪˈspɛɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-despair.ogg Forms: despairs [present, singular, third-person], despairing [participle, present], despaired [participle, past], despaired [past]
Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English dispeir, from Anglo-Norman despeir and Old French desperer (from Latin dēspērō, dēspērāre), or desesperer, from des- (“dis-”) + esperer (“hope”). See also desperate. Displaced native Old English ormōdnes (“despair”) and Old English ortrīewan (“to despair”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*speh₁-}}, {{inh|en|enm|dispeir}} Middle English dispeir, {{der|en|xno|despeir}} Anglo-Norman despeir, {{der|en|fro|desperer}} Old French desperer, {{der|en|la|despero|dēspērō, dēspērāre}} Latin dēspērō, dēspērāre, {{ncog|ang|ormōdnes||despair}} Old English ormōdnes (“despair”), {{ncog|ang|ortrīewan||to despair}} Old English ortrīewan (“to despair”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} despair (third-person singular simple present despairs, present participle despairing, simple past and past participle despaired)
  1. (transitive, obsolete) To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of. Tags: obsolete, transitive Translations (to despair of): отча́йвам се (otčájvam se) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), 絕望 /绝望 (juéwàng) (Chinese Mandarin), désespérer (French), verzweifeln (German), התייאש (hitya'ésh) (Hebrew), csügged (Hungarian), elcsügged (Hungarian), kétségbeesik (Hungarian), desesperar (Ido), disperare (Italian), 絶望する (zetsubō suru) (alt: ぜつぼうする) (Japanese), 諦める (akirameru) (alt: あきらめる) (Japanese), үмітсіздену (ümıtsızdenu) (Kazakh), торығу (toryğu) (Kazakh), үміт үзу (ümıt üzu) (Kazakh), vester gram (Ladin), dēspērō (Latin), очајува (očajuva) (Macedonian), fortvile over (Norwegian), ortrīewan (Old English), desesperar-se (Portuguese), despera (Romanian), отча́иваться (otčáivatʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), отча́яться (otčájatʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), desesperar (Spanish), förtvivla (Swedish), misströsta (Swedish), si-n- (Tocharian B)
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  2. (transitive) To cause to despair. Tags: transitive Translations (to cause to despair): отчайвам (otčajvam) (Bulgarian), tot wanhoop drijven (Dutch), სასოწარკვეთა (sasoc̣arḳveta) (Georgian), zur Verzweiflung bringen (German), ייאש (yi'ésh) (Hebrew), elcsüggeszt (Hungarian), desesperigar (Ido), desesperar (Portuguese)
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  3. (intransitive, often with “of”) To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation. Tags: intransitive, often Translations (to be hopeless): ἀπελπίζω (apelpízō) (Ancient Greek), ἀθυμέω (athuméō) (Ancient Greek), يَئِسَ (yaʔisa) (Arabic), հուսահատվել (husahatvel) (Armenian), губя надежда (gubja nadežda) (Bulgarian), zoufat (Czech), wanhopen (Dutch), malesperi (Esperanto), menettää toivonsa (Finnish), luopua toivosta (Finnish), désespérer (French), desesperar (Galician), verzweifeln (German), die Hoffnung aufgeben (German), απελπίζομαι (apelpízomai) (Greek), örvænta (Icelandic), berputus asa (Indonesian), disperare (Italian), очајува (očajuva) (Macedonian), takarure (Maori), utsindza twamaa (Ngazidja Comorian), fortvile (Norwegian), ortrīewan (Old English), rozpaczać (Polish), desesperar-se (Portuguese), despera (Romanian), desesperanzar [pronominal] (Spanish), desesperar [intransitive, pronominal] (Spanish), kukata tamaa (Swahili), förtvivla (Swedish), desperado (Tagalog)
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Derived forms: compare and despair, despairer

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      "sense": "to be hopeless",
      "word": "berputus asa"
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      "sense": "to be hopeless",
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      "sense": "to be hopeless",
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      "sense": "loss of hope",
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
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      "word": "სასოწარკვეთილება"
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      "code": "id",
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "очај"
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "håpløshet"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "desperasjon"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ormōdnes"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "nowmidi",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "word": "نُوْمیدی"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "nâomidi",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "word": "نااُمیدی"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "nâommidi",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "word": "نااُمّیدی"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "ya's",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "word": "یَأْس"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "yâs",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "word": "یاس"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "mâyusi",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "word": "مایوسی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rozpacz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "beznadzieja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "beznadziejność"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "desespero"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "desperare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otčájanije",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "отча́яние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "beznadjóžnostʹ",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "безнадёжность"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tlen",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "poetic"
      ],
      "word": "тлен"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "бѐзна̄ђе"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "очаја́ње"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bèznāđe"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "očajánje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zúfalstvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "beznádej"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "beznádejnosť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "obup"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "brezupnost"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "desesperación"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "desesperanza"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "desespero"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "desperation"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "förtvivlan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hopplöshet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "word": "kawalang-pag-asa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "noumedi",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "word": "ноумедӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "yaʾs",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "word": "яъс"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "maʾyusi",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "word": "маъюсӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "ömetsezlek",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "word": "өметсезлек"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "nirāśa",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "word": "నిరాశ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "word": "ความสิ้นหวัง"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sîn-wǎng",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "word": "สิ้นหวัง"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "word": "silñe"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "word": "umutsuzluk"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "word": "umytsyzlyk"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vídčaj",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ві́дчай"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidčáj",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "відча́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rózpač",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ро́зпач"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rozpúka",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "розпу́ка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "beznadíjnistʹ",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "безнаді́йність"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "yās",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "یاس"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "māyūsī",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "مایُوسی"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "nā ummīdī",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "نا اُمِّیدی"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "ümidsizlik",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "word": "ئۈمىدسىزلىك"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "word": "umidsizlik"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "word": "noumidlik"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "word": "sự tuyệt vọng"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "wanhope"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "yiesh",
      "sense": "loss of hope",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ייִאוש"
    }
  ],
  "word": "despair"
}

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