All 10 Uses
despair
in
The Epic of Gilgamesh
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- Despair is in my heart.
Book 4 *despair = hopelessness
- Here in the city man dies oppressed at heart:, man perishes with despair in his heart.†
Book 2
- She is covered with a veil; and where she sits she sees Gilgamesh coming towards her, wearing skins, the flesh of the gods in his body, but despair in his heart, and his face like the face of one who has made a long journey.†
Book 4
- Why is despair in your heart and your face like the face of one who has made a long journey?†
Book 4
- Despair is in my heart and my face is the face of one who has made a long journey, it was burned with heat and with cold.†
Book 4
- Why is despair in your heart and your face like the face of one who has made a long journey; yes, why is your face burned with heat and with cold, and why do you come here wandering over the pastures in search of the wind?†
Book 4
- Despair is in my heart, and my face is the face of one who has made a long journey.†
Book 4
- Why is despair in your heart and your face like the face of one who has made a long journey?†
Book 4
- Despair is in my heart and my face is the face of one who has made a long journey.†
Book 4
- A stupor of despair went up to heaven when the god of the storm turned daylight to darkness, when he smashed the land like a cup.†
Book 5
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)