Both Uses of
despair
in
Dubliners
- Those venal and furtive loves filled him with despair.†
Chpt 11 *
- At the moment Aunt Kate came toddling out of the supper-room, almost wringing her hands in despair.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
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(despair as in: she felt despair) hopelessness; or distress (such as extreme worry or sadness from feeling powerless to change a bad situation)