désespérer — meaning in English

English meaning

• despair noun A total loss of hope.
• give up phrasal verb To stop trying to do something because it has become too hard or seems hopeless.

Senses

désespérer is used for these senses in English:

• despair (transitive) To cause to despair.
• despair (intransitive) To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation. [(often) with of]
• give up (transitive) To lose hope concerning (someone or something)
• lose heart To despair; to experience reduced morale.

despair — full definition

1. noun A total loss of hope.
2. verb To lose all hope.

give up — full definition

1. phrasal verb To stop trying to do something because it has become too hard or seems hopeless.
2. phrasal verb To stop doing or having something, especially a habit or pleasure.
3. phrasal verb To hand something over, or to surrender yourself, to someone else.

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