LekhoriLekhoriTo give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
I would not despair the greatest design that could be attempted.
To cause to despair.
Thinking of what I was despairing about despaired me further
To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation.
We despaired even of life.
Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
He turned around in despair, aware that he was not going to survive.
From Middle English dispeir, from Anglo-Norman despeir and Old French desperer (from Latin dēspērō, dēspērāre), or desesperer, from des- (“dis-”) + esperer (“hope”). See also desperate. Displaced nati...
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That which causes despair.
That which is despaired of.