1. Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency. We in dark dreams are tossing to and fro, Pine with regret, or sicken with despair. Keble. Before he [Bunyan] was ten, his sports were interrupted by fits of remorse and despair. Macaulay.
2. That which is despaired of. "The mere despair of surgery he cures." Shak.
Syn.
— Desperation; despondency; hopelessness.
DESPAIRER
De*spair"er, n.
Defn: One who despairs.
DESPAIRFUL
De*spair"ful, a.
Defn: Hopeless. [Obs.] Spenser.
DESPAIRING
De*spair"ing, a.
Defn: Feeling or expressing despair; hopeless.
— De*spair"ing*ly, adv.
— De*spair"ing*ness, n.
DESPARPLE
De*spar"ple, v. t. & i. Etym: [OF. desparpeillier.]