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despair noun

  /dɪˈspɛə(ɹ)/ , /dɪˈspɛɚ/
  • Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
 wanhoop, vertwijfeling

despair verb

  /dɪˈspɛə(ɹ)/ , /dɪˈspɛɚ/
  • (intransitive) To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation. [(often) with of]
 wanhopen
  • (transitive) To cause to despair.
 tot wanhoop drijven, wanhopen
act of despair
wanhoopsdaad
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