Despair
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| + | "[[For nothing but desperation can save us]]" | ||
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| + | [[Image:Napoléon Bonaparte abdicated in Fontainebleau.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Napoléon Bonaparte abdicated in Fontainebleau]]'' (1845) by [[Paul Delaroche]]]] | ||
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| - | + | '''Despair''' is [[loss]] of [[hope]]; utter [[hopeless]]ness; complete [[despondency]]. | |
| + | ==Etymology== | ||
| + | From Latin ''[[dēspērō]]''. | ||
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| - | *[[Despair (novel)]] | + | *[[Depression (mood)]] |
| + | *''[[Despair (novel)|Despair]]'', a novel by Nabokov | ||
| + | *''[[Desperate Housewives]]'', an American tv-series | ||
| + | *"[[Approches du désarroi]]" by Michel Houellebecq | ||
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Despair is loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
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Etymology
From Latin dēspērō.
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See also
- Depression (mood)
- Despair, a novel by Nabokov
- Desperate Housewives, an American tv-series
- "Approches du désarroi" by Michel Houellebecq
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