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Definition despair in American English

despair noun

[uncountable] noun
/dɪˈsper/
1

the feeling that a situation is so bad that nothing you can do will change it

Example

To my utter despair, the car would not start.

Example

In despair he phoned the embassy.

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Definition despair in American English