Both Uses
despair
in
Fever, 1793
(Edited)
- Don't listen to words of despair, Mattie.
p. 177.5 *despair = hopelessness
- I would have despaired of the hopelessness and confusion.
p. 193.4 *despaired = lost 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)