Both Uses
despair
in
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
(Edited)
- "How perfectly dreadful!" said Susan as they at last came back in despair.
p. 90.4 *despair = distress (at not knowing how to improve a bad situation)
- In that knowledge, despair and die!
p. 170.8 *despair = give up hope
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)