Word Meaning

despair definition and meaning

v. i. To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation; -- often with of.
v. t. To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
v. t. To cause to despair.
n. Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
n. That which is despaired of.

Crossword clues for despair

- Abandon hope
- Dejection
- Give up all hope
- Give up hope
- Gloom
- Great woe
- Have no hope of changing diapers
- Hopelessness
- Lose hope when praised falsely
- Loss of hope
- Misery
- Total loss of hope