ぜつぼう
Meanings
Adjective (の)
Noun
Verb (する)
1. despair; hopelessness
Kanji used
cut off
hope
Pitch accent
つぼう
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Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
desperate; hopeless
viewing as hopeless; feeling that all is lost
Examples (13 in total)
They despaired of their son.
He came home in despair.
Jack resigned from his job in despair.
Despair drove him to attempt suicide.
The leader gave up the plan in despair.
He was in despair over health problems.
Life is despair, that's what I think.
At last, he arrived at the Well of Despair.
I was often seized by despair.
He fluctuated between hope and despair.
He gave up the attempt in despair.
He was in despair when he spent the last of his money.
The patient was quite beyond help, so that the doctors could do no more.