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Meaning of despair

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  despair
      n 1: a state in which all hope is lost or absent; "in the depths
           of despair"; "they were rescued from despair at the last
           minute"; "courage born of desperation" [syn: {despair},
           {desperation}]
      2: the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn
         out well; "they moaned in despair and dismay"; "one harsh
         word would send her into the depths of despair" [ant: {hope}]
      v 1: abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart; "Don't despair--
           help is on the way!" [ant: {hope}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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