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despair, v.
(despaired, despairing, despairs)
freq. cnt. 3
more info abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart
<verb.emotion>   freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

despair

sample sentences

"Don't despair--help is on the way!"

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sam and Sue %s
Sam and Sue %s over the results of the experiment
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
despair desperate desperation despair
antonym
hope
semantic pointers
hyponym
despond