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despair

/dɪˈspɛː/

US pronunciation
American sound/dɪˈspɛː/
dɪˈspɛː
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
2nd syllable stress
Vowel
Short i vowel
Ending
Final r is pronounced in US English

dɪ - ˈspɛː -> despair

Myanmar meaning

(v) စိတ်အားငယ်သည်။ (n) စိတ်ပျက်ခြင်း။

Full entry

despair /dÇ'speǝ(r)/ n [U]

မျှော်လင့်ချက်ပျက်သုဉ်းခြင်း။ စိတ်ပျက် လက်ပျက်ဖြစ်ခြင်း။ လက်မှိုင်ချခြင်း။
a cry of despair ❍ He gave up the struggle in despair. ❍ The general mood is one of complete and utter despair. ❍ His stupidity is driving me to despair. See also DESPERATE ၁
v
၁။ ~ (of sth/doing sth) စိတ်ပျက်သည်။ မျှော်လင့်ချက် ကုန်သည်။
Don't despair! We'll think of a way out of this! ❍ Months passed, and we began to despair of ever hearing from him again.
၂။ ~ of sb စိတ်ကုန်သည်။ အောချ သည်။
I despair of him; he can't keep a job for more than six months.
❏ be the despair of sb [IDM ] (fml ) အောချရသူ။ လက်မှိုင် ချရသူ။
Your son is the despair of all his teachers (ie They no longer expect to be able to teach him anything).
❏ despairing /dÇ'speǝrÇŋ/ adj စိတ်ပျက်လက်ပျက် ဖြစ်သော။ မျှော်လင့်ချက်ကုန်သော။
a despairing cry/sigh.
❏ despairingly adv စိတ်ပျက်စွာ။ စိတ်ပျက်လက်ပျက်။
She looked despairingly at the mess.

More examples
  • To my utter despair, the car would not start.
  • [in despair] : In despair he phoned the embassy.
Synonyms
misery, desolation, hopelessness, anguish, gloom, depression, despondency, dejection, abandon, be hopeless, dashed hopes, desperation, despond, destroy, discouragement, disheartenment, drop, flatten, forlornness, give up hope, give up on, give way, have heavy heart, have no hope, let air out, lose faith, lose heart, lose hope, melancholy, ordeal, pain, plumb the depths, relinquish, renounce, resign, see no light at the end of the tunnel, sorrow, surrender, take down, trial, tribulation, wretchedness, yield
Antonyms
anticipate, cheer, cheerfulness, comfort, confidence, contentment, encouragement, expect, faith, happiness, have faith, hope, hopefulness, joy, joyfulness, keep, peace, pleasure, pursue, trust, wish for
Cross references
miserydesolationhopelessnessanguishgloomdepressiondespondencydejectionabandonbe hopelessdashed hopesdesperationdesponddestroydiscouragementdisheartenmentdropflattenforlornnessgive up hopegive up ongive wayhave heavy hearthave no hopelet air outlose faithlose heartlose hope
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