Both Uses
despair
in
An Abundance of Katherines
(Edited)
- He had waited so long for his breakthrough, despaired so many times, and he just wanted to be alone for a little while with a pencil and some paper and a calculator and no talking.
p. 53.4 *despaired = lost hope
- Each time, he'd cycle through feelings of anger, regret, longing, hope, despair, longing, anger, regret.
p. 96.3 *despair = a feeling of hopelessness
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)