• (RP) IPA: /dɪˈspɛə(ɹ)/
• (GA) IPA: /dɪˈspɛəɹ/

despair (despairs, present participle despairing; past and past participle despaired)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
   • 1644, John Milton, Areopagitica; a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Vnlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England, London: [s.n.], OCLC 879551664 ↗:

     I would not despair the greatest design that could be attempted.

2. (transitive, obsolete) To cause to despair.
3. (intransitive, often with “of”) To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, 2 Corinthians 1:8 ↗:

     We despaired even of life.

• French: désespérer
• German: verzweifeln
• Portuguese: desesperar
• Russian: отча́иваться
• Spanish: desesperar

• German: Verzweiflung
• Portuguese: desesperar

• French: désespérer
• German: verzweifeln, die Hoffnung aufgeben
• Portuguese: desesperar
• Spanish: desesperanzar (pronominal), desesperar (intransitive)

despair

1. Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.

   He turned around in despair, aware that he was not going to survive

2. That which causes despair.
3. That which is despaired of.

• desperation
• despondency
• hopelessness

• hope

• French: désespoir
• German: Verzweiflung
• Italian: disperazione
• Portuguese: desespero
• Russian: отча́яние
• Spanish: desesperación, desesperanza, desespero