Crossword clues for despaired
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Despair \De*spair"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Despaired; p. pr. & vb. n. Despairing.] [OE. despeiren, dispeiren, OF. desperer, fr. L. desperare; de- + sperare to hope; akin to spes hope, and perh. to spatium space, E. space, speed; cf. OF. espeir hope, F. espoir. Cf. Prosper, Desperate.] To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation; -- often with of.
We despaired even of life.
--2 Cor. i. 8.
Never despair of God's blessings here.
--Wake.
Syn: See Despond.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: despair)
Usage examples of "despaired".
The second condition is, that thy shrift be lawful, that is to say, that thou that shrivest thee, and eke the priest that heareth thy confession, be verily in the faith of Holy Church, and that a man be not despaired of the mercy of Jesus Christ, as Cain and Judas were.
And eke for them that falsely be appair'd* *slandered Through wicked tongues, be it he or she: Or thus bid* God, for his benignity, *pray To grant them soon out of this world to pace,* *pass, go That be despaired of their love's grace.
I say they are Daughters of Despair because it was I who despaired of ever carrying my research any further.
At that time I talked to some of the Daughters, but I despaired of their intelligence.
In front of the girl, he despaired, as the gray-haired man lifted up the heavy armor and offered it to him.
I'm not that strong, he despaired, and sickness welled up so strongly inside him that for a moment he could hardly breathe.
He despaired to see this sign of it, and to feel it echo in his own soul.
She had thought once that by choosing the right mate she could ensure a successful brood, but that plan had gone awry so often she despaired of ever making it succeed.
He was despaired, nothing durst he say, Save in his songes somewhat would he wray* *betray His woe, as in a general complaining.
His brother, which that knew of his penance,* *distress Up caught him, and to bed he hath him brought, Despaired in this torment and this thought Let I this woeful creature lie.
Pencroft especially, since the incident of the relighted fire, would not have despaired for an instant, even if he was on a bare rock, if the engineer was with him on the rock.
The reporter could not affirm it, but he and his companions almost despaired of the result.
The mysterious influence had been again exerted, and in a critical moment, when they had despaired of it.
As to the settlers, they had despaired of ever seeing Ayrton again, and had been convinced that the convicts had ruthlessly murdered him.
He must control it, he warned himself, and despaired that he could do so.