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What is the verb for despair?

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despair
  1. (transitive, obsolete) To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To cause to despair.
  3. (intransitive, often with “of”) To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. despond, falter, flag, lose heart, lose hope, give up hope, abandon hope, give in, resign yourself, have no hope, be dejected, be demoralized, be despondent, be pessimistic, lose faith, give up, have heavy heart, plumb the depths, give up on, be discouraged, be hopeless, relinquish hope, be flattened, look on the black side, throw in the sponge, throw in the towel, become demoralized, become despondent, drop one's bundle, lose motivation, see no light at the end of the tunnel, see the glass as half empty, sink, droop, be beaten, sadden, dishearten … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “We despair for the future of all endangered species in this world.”
despairing
  1. present participle of despair
  2. Synonyms:
      3. desponding, faltering, flagging, losing heart, losing hope, giving up hope, abandoning hope, giving in, resigning yourself, having no hope, losing faith, giving up, having heavy heart, plumbing the depths, giving up on, relinquishing hope, looking on the black side, throwing in the sponge, throwing in the towel, becoming demoralized, becoming despondent, losing motivation, seeing no light at the end of the tunnel, seeing the glass as half empty … more
despairs
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of despair
  2. Synonyms:
      3. desponds, falters, flags, loses heart, loses hope, gives up hope, abandons hope, gives in, has no hope, loses faith, gives up, has heavy heart, plumbs the depths, gives up on, relinquishes hope, looks on the black side, throws in the sponge, throws in the towel, becomes demoralized, becomes despondent, loses motivation, sees no light at the end of the tunnel, sees the glass as half empty … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “She despairs in a delirium-driven monologue that reaches the cumulative intensity of a raga, peaking to the primal scream of Greek tragedy.”
      “There, while he despairs of finishing what was intended for the sixth part of his instauration, how nobly he despairs!”
      “LeBlanc illuminatingly documents their trials, tribulations and despairs.”
despaireth
  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of despair
despairest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of despair
despaired
  1. simple past tense and past participle of despair
  2. Synonyms:
      3. desponded, faltered, flagged, lost heart, lost hope, gave up hope, given up hope, abandoned hope, gave in, given in, resigned yourself, had no hope, lost faith, gave up, given up, had heavy heart, plumbed the depths, gave up on, given up on, relinquished hope, looked on the black side, threw in the sponge, thrown in the sponge, threw in the towel, thrown in the towel, became demoralized, become demoralized, became despondent, become despondent, lost motivation, saw no light at the end of the tunnel, seen no light at the end of the tunnel, saw the glass as half empty, seen the glass as half empty … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Tall and gangly, with a long nose and beady eyes, he was self-conscious about his appearance and despaired of ever being loved.”
      “Whoever despaired of the world, he, at least, kept the lamp of hope burning brightly in his soul.”
      “She despaired at the thought of finding the several thousand dollars per year to pay for fees.”
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