Both Uses
despair
in
Master Harold...and the Boys
(Edited)
- I oskillate (mispronounces oscillate) between hope and despair for this world as well, Sam.
*despair = hopelessness
- We mustn't despair.
*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)