despair
gb/dɪspˈɛɹ/ us/dɪspˈɛɹ/
B2
อังกฤษ
~ 1900
ความหมาย
0 ความหมาย
คำนาม
B2
state
1
total absence of hope
A feeling that there is no hope at all.
รูปแบบการใช้:
to be in despair
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes confuse 'despair' with 'depression'; 'despair' is an immediate feeling of no hope, while 'depression' is a longer-term mental health condition.
คำพ้องความหมาย
hopelessness (More general term for lacking hope, not always as intense as 'despair'.)
คำตรงข้าม
hope (The opposite mental state, involving expectation of a positive outcome.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
in despair
|fall into despair
|cry in despair
|deep despair
|total despair
หัวข้อ
emotions
|mental health
|life challenges
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- After losing his job, he fell into deep despair.
- She looked at the empty house in despair.
- The news filled them with despair about the future.
- He felt only despair when he thought about the situation.
- There was an air of despair in the room.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- She was in despair after the bad news.
- I felt despair when I lost my wallet.
- He sat in despair, not knowing what to do.
- The team was in despair after the game.
- They cried in despair when the plan failed.
คำกริยา
B2
action
2
to give up hope completely
To stop hoping for something completely.
รูปแบบการใช้:
to despair of [something]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners may misuse 'despair' as a transitive verb ('despair something'), but it is usually intransitive or followed by 'of'.
คำพ้องความหมาย
give up hope (Informal phrase with the same meaning, less formal than 'despair'.)
คำตรงข้าม
hope (To expect or desire something to happen.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
despair of success
|never despair
|begin to despair
|despair completely
หัวข้อ
emotions
|life challenges
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- We must not despair, even in difficult times.
- She began to despair of ever finding her lost cat.
- He despaired when he saw the damage to his home.
- Don't despair; things will get better.
- Many despaired of reaching an agreement.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- Do not despair; you can still win.
- I began to despair of finding my phone.
- He will not despair even if it is hard.
- They despaired when the rain came.
- We must not despair in hard times.
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รูปคำในพจนานุกรม
despair
IPA
GB/dɪspˈɛɹ/
US/dɪspˈɛɹ/
พยางค์และการเน้นเสียง
des - pair (2 พยางค์)
Stress on 2nd syllable (pair)
รูปคำ
Noun
- Base: despair
- Plural: despair
Verb
- Base: despair
- 3rd Person Singular: despairs
- Present Participle: despairing
- Past: despaired
กลุ่มคำที่เกี่ยวข้อง
Forms
despairs
verb
despairing
verb
despaired
verb
Related words
Advanced or less common
despairingly
adverb
วลีและสำนวน
despair of
1/dɪspˈɛɹ əv/
fixed phrase
lose hope about something specific
To feel that there is no hope for a certain thing or situation.
ตัวอย่าง
- Many people despaired of finding survivors after the storm.
- I am beginning to despair of ever finishing this project.
in despair
1/ˈɪn dɪspˈɛɹ/
fixed phrase
feeling no hope at all
Feeling that there is no hope left.
ตัวอย่าง
- She sat on the floor in despair after hearing the news.
- He looked at me in despair, unsure what to do.
to the point of despair
1/tə ðə pˈɔɪnt əv dɪspˈɛɹ/
fixed phrase
reaching total hopelessness
Reaching a feeling where there is no hope at all.
ตัวอย่าง
- The constant failures drove him to the point of despair.
- She was pushed to the point of despair by the endless delays.