All 3 Uses
despair
in
The Diamond Necklace
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- They went toward the Seine in despair, shivering with cold.
*despair = hopelessness
- The sight of the little Breton peasant who did her humble housework aroused in her despairing regrets and bewildering dreams.†
- He was in despair.†
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)