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désespoir — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • despair noun A total loss of hope.
  • despondency noun The loss of hope or confidence; despair or dejection.

Senses

désespoir is used for these senses in English:

  • despair (transitive) To cause to despair.
  • desperation The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of hope.
  • despondency The loss of hope or confidence; despair or dejection.

despair — full definition

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

despondency — full definition

  1. noun The loss of hope or confidence; despair or dejection.
  2. noun A feeling of depression or disheartenment.

Related French words