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How to pronounce “despair”
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Pronunciation guide for despair
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- Practice the English pronunciation of despair with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- Building on What Remains
despair uh I you know it was devastating
- Definition summary
- (transitive, obsolete) To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
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How to pronounce despair
Building on What Remains
despair uh I you know it was devastating
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “despair”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (transitive, obsolete) To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
- (transitive) To cause to despair.
- (intransitive) To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation. [(often) with of]
- [Noun]
- Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
- That which causes despair.
- That which is despaired of. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
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