# despaired

Pronunciation: say "di-SPAIRD" US /dɪˈspɛɚd/, UK /dɪˈspɛə(ɹ)d/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of despair. — simple past and past participle of despair
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of despair. Use it for something that already happened, or after has or had.
   - _Doctors had almost despaired of saving her when the fever finally broke._
   - _After months without work, he despaired of ever finding a job._

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