despair (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 37
def abandon hope
def give up hope
def lose heart
examples Don't despair--help is on the way!
Frame - 2 Somebody ----s
Frame - 22 Somebody ----s PP
Outgoing links
Derivationally related form despair → despair; despair → despair; despair → desperate
Derivationally related form despair → desperation
Antonym despair → hope
Hyponym despond
Incoming links
Derivationally related form despair → despair; desperate → despair; despair → despair
Derivationally related form desperation → despair
Hypernym despond
Antonym hope → despair

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