All 6 Uses of
despair
in
Something Wicked This Way Comes
- And a train arrives at an hour of despair.
Part 1 *despair = hopelessness
- He was also gazing with surprise at himself, accepting the surprise, the new purpose, which was half despair, half serenity, now that the incredible deed was done.†
Part 2
- Will did not know whether to weep with joy or new despair.†
Part 2
- Such weights and pressures of despair and exertion fought for his attention, he could only free his eyes to watch the inside of his lids upon which multiple and ever changing looms of terror jigged and gamboled.†
Part 2
- Eyes open, you'd know such utter despair, such gravities of anguish would weight you, you might never drag past the twelfth turn.†
Part 3
- He seized the pole, bleating out his despair.†
Part 3
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)