Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
despair; a hope not realised.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, nonstandard, obsolete, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To fail to hope (in); hope amiss; lose hope; despair.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: nonstandard, obsolete, transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Middle English mishope, equivalent to mis- + hope (noun). Cognate with Middle Dutch mishope, Middle Swedish mishop.
From Middle English mishopen, equivalent to mis- + hope (verb). Cognate with Middle Dutch mishopen, Middle High German missehoffen, Middle Swedish mishoppa.
