despair

Definizione monolingua

despair

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.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To cause to despair.
3. (intransitive, often with “of”) To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation.

despair (uncountable)

1. Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.

   He turned around in despair, aware that he was not going to survive

2. That which is despaired of.

Definizione dizionario despair

	disperazione
	loss of hope

disperare

disperarsi

perdere ogni speranza

Altri significati:

to despair of

to cause to despair

Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.

To lose hope.

(intransitive, often with “of”) To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation.

That which is despaired of.

(transitive, obsolete) To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.

to be hopeless

Loss of hope.

(transitive, obsolete) To cause to despair.