Both Uses
despair
in
Through the Looking-Glass
(Edited)
- 'Oh, don't go on like that!' cried the poor Queen, wringing her hands in despair.
Chpt 5despair = distress (at not knowing how to improve a bad situation)
- Alice repeated in despair, 'Oh, that'll never be done!'
Chpt 9 *despair = hopelessness
Definitions:
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(1)
(despair as in: she felt despair) hopelessness; or distress (such as extreme worry or sadness from feeling powerless to change a bad situation)
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(2)
(despair as in: do not despair) lose hope or feel distress
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(3)
(despair as in: she was the despair of the team) something that causes hopelessness or great distress
- (4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)