verb
- Abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart.
- usage: "Don't despair-help is on the way"
- synonyms: despair
adjective
- Arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope.
- usage: "a despairing view of the world situation"; "the last despairing plea of the condemned criminal"; "a desperate cry for help"; "helpless and desperate-as if at the end of his tether"; "her desperate screams"
- synonyms: desperate
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