All 8 Uses of
despair
in
Anne Frank, the Diary of a Young Girl - Definitive Edition
- I've always been the clown and mischief maker of the family; I've always had to pay double for my sins: once with scoldings and then again with my own sense of despair.
p. 152.5despair = distress (at not knowing how to improve a bad situation)
- A famous line from Goethe: "On top of the world, or in the depths of despair."
p. 165.9
- I'm "on top of the world" when I think of how fortunate we are and compare myself to other Jewish children, and "in the depths of despair" when, for example, Mrs. Kleiman comes by and talks about Jopie's hockey club, canoe trips, school plays and afternoon teas with friends.
p. 166.1
- My writing has raised me somewhat from "the depths of despair."
p. 167.7 *
- As you can no doubt imagine, we often say in despair, "What's the point of the war?"
p. 302.8
- With all that, why should I despair?
p. 304.1 *despair = give up hope
- One day we're laughing at the comical side of life in hiding, and the next day (and there are many such days), we're frightened, and the fear, tension and despair can be read on our faces.
p. 329.9despair = distress (at not knowing how to improve a bad situation)
- What's so difficult about my personality is that I scold and curse myself much more than anyone else does; if Mother adds her advice, the pile of sermons becomes so thick that I despair of ever getting through them.
p. 341.3despair = 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