Dictionary Entry
despair
despair is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation; -- often with of. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation; -- often with of.
- 2transitive verb
To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
- 3transitive verb
To cause to despair.
- 4noun
Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
- 5noun
That which is despaired of.
- 6noun
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"
- 7noun
a state in which all hope is lost or absent
"in the depths of despair"
"they were rescued from despair at the last minute"
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- 8verb
abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart
"Don't despair--help is on the way!"
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