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To despair; to experience reduced morale; to become disheartened.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
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Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
يَئِسَ
(yaʔisa)
— to despair
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Arabic:
أُحْبِطَ
(ʔuḥbiṭa)
— to despair
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Chinese Mandarin:
灰心
(huīxīn)
— to despair
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Finnish:
tulla epätoivoiseksi
— to despair
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Finnish:
vaipua epätoivoon
— to despair
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French:
désespérer
— to despair
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French:
se décourager
— to despair
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German:
den Mut verlieren
— to despair
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Ancient Greek:
ἀθυμέω
(athuméō)
— to despair
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Ancient Greek:
ἐκκακέω
(ekkakéō)
— to despair
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Hungarian:
elkedvetlenedik
— to despair
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Hungarian:
elcsügged
— to despair
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Hungarian:
elbátortalanodik
— to despair
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Hungarian:
elszontyolodik
— to despair
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Italian:
accasciarsi
— to despair
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Italian:
disperarsi
— to despair
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Italian:
abbattersi
— to despair
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Italian:
scoraggiarsi
— to despair
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Italian:
sfiduciarsi
— to despair
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Khmer:
អស់កម្លាំងចិត្ដ
(ɑh kɑmlang cət)
— to despair
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Māori:
takarure
— to despair
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Māori:
tārure
— to despair
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Romanian:
se descuraja
— to despair
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Russian:
па́дать ду́хом
(pádatʹ dúxom)
— to despair
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Russian:
упа́сть ду́хом
(upástʹ dúxom)
— to despair
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Russian:
отча́иваться
(otčáivatʹsja)
— to despair
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Russian:
отча́яться
(otčájatʹsja)
— to despair
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Russian:
опуска́ть ру́ки
(opuskátʹ rúki)
— to despair
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Russian:
опусти́ть ру́ки
(opustítʹ rúki)
— to despair
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Spanish:
desesperarse
— to despair
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Spanish:
desanimarse
— to despair
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Thai:
ย่อท้อ
— to despair
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Vietnamese:
nản lòng
— to despair
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Welsh:
digalonni
— to despair
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Yiddish:
אַראָפּפֿאַלן בײַ זיך
(aropfaln bay zikh)
— to despair
