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Despair

noun

A state in which all hope is lost or absent. Synonym: desperation. "They were rescued from despair at the last minute" , "Courage born of desperation"

The feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well. "One harsh word would send her into the depths of despair"

verb

(past & past part. despaired; pres. part. despairing)

Abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart.

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"Despair" Quotes from Famous Books

... hoped to be able to help her friends, but that hope had faded, and she had been very near despair. There was something pathetic now in her intense joy at the thought of earning a few pence. She lied to the kind women at home because she knew they would not understand. They might believe the way to the Villa ...

— Olive in Italy • Moray Dalton

... Juliet now was pale. She dashed the tears from her eyes and looked at him in amazement mingled with something which was almost like despair. ...

— The Malefactor • E. Phillips Oppenheim

... placed in my hands. On receiving it, I immediately issued a proclamation to the seamen, informing them of His Majesty's concession—inviting them to return to their duty—and promising payment to the extent of the funds supplied. The result was, that all who had not quitted Rio de Janeiro in despair, with one accord rejoined the service, and every effort was made to get the ...

— Narrative of Services in the Liberation of Chili, Peru and Brazil, - from Spanish and Portuguese Domination, Volume 2 • Thomas Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald

... ship instead of sledges taking it over fast ice, as was the case at Cape Evans. It was truly a case of bundling Campbell and Co. out of the ship, and only their great optimism and bonhomie kept this party from despair. As it turned out they had some of the best of the Expedition game, since neither disaster nor terrific disappointment dogged their steps as in Scott's case, for up till the very last they were in blissful ignorance of our dreadful plight in the ...

— South with Scott • Edward R. G. R. Evans

... is perfectly in despair. Her intended never comes to see her now. I tell her she had better find somebody else. It is too tiresome to keep on and off with a man in that way. Oh, you don't know anything about it. Your ...

— Out in the Forty-Five - Duncan Keith's Vow • Emily Sarah Holt

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