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Meaning of "despairful" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DESPAIRFUL

despairful  [dɪˈspeərfʊl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DESPAIRFUL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Despairful is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DESPAIRFUL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of despairful in the English dictionary

The definition of despairful in the dictionary is full of despair, hopeless, despairing.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DESPAIRFUL


awful
ˈɔːfʊl
beautiful
ˈbjuːtɪfʊl
careful
ˈkɛəfʊl
colorful
ˈkʌləfʊl
drawerful
ˈdrɔːərfʊl
dropperful
ˈdrɒpərfʊl
full
fʊl
grateful
ˈɡreɪtfʊl
harborful
ˈhɑːbərfʊl
helpful
ˈhɛlpfʊl
hopeful
ˈhəʊpfʊl
meaningful
ˈmiːnɪŋfʊl
painful
ˈpeɪnfʊl
peaceful
ˈpiːsfʊl
pitcherful
ˈpɪtʃərfʊl
platterful
ˈplætərfʊl
powerful
ˈpaʊəfʊl
successful
səkˈsɛsfʊl
useful
ˈjuːsfʊl
wonderful
ˈwʌndəfʊl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DESPAIRFUL

despair
despairer
despairing
despairingly
despatch
despatcher
Despenser
desperado
desperate
desperately
desperateness
desperation
despicability
despicable
despicableness
despicably
despiritualise
despiritualize
despisable
despisal

WORDS THAT END LIKE DESPAIRFUL

all-powerful
carful
characterful
cheerful
colourful
dipperful
earful
fearful
flavorful
flavourful
flowerful
humorful
jarful
masterful
prayerful
saucerful
showerful
sneerful
tearful
tumblerful

Synonyms and antonyms of despairful in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «despairful» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DESPAIRFUL

Find out the translation of despairful to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of despairful from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «despairful» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

despairful
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

despairful
570 millions of speakers

English

despairful
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

despairful
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

despairful
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

despairful
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

despairful
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

despairful
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

despairful
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak berputus asa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

despairful
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

despairful
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

despairful
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ora sabar
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

despairful
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

despairful
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निराशाजनक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

despairful
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

despairful
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

despairful
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

despairful
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

despairful
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

despairful
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

despairful
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

despairful
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

despairful
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of despairful

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DESPAIRFUL»

The term «despairful» is barely ever used and occupies the 195.706 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DESPAIRFUL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about despairful

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DESPAIRFUL»

Discover the use of despairful in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to despairful and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Bookman
DESPAIRFUL COURAGE I drew me toward mine island desolate. A headland hid the harbour, yet I steered Straight on and on, unknowing all I feared But fearing all things as impelled by fate. My boat drave forward with the sullen weight Of ...
2
Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or, Universal dictionary of ...
DESPAIRFUL, adj. [despair and full.] Hopeless. Obsolete— That sweet but sour despairful cure. Sidney. — Other cries amongst the Irish, favour of the Scythian barbarism ; as the lamentations of their burials, with despairful outcries. Spenser.
Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1816
3
Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the ...
DESPAIRFUL, adj. {despair and fill.) Hopeless. Obsolete That sweet but sour despairful care. Sidney. — Other cries amongst the Irish, favour of the Scythian barbarism ; as the lamentations of their burials, with despairful outcries. Spenser.
4
Studies from the Yale Psychological Laboratory
Eighteenth specimen. S. I. (Isakson, stenographer.) o, 19 o 26 0 13 o, 20 o 47 To the poor Christian that sits bound in the galley ,— 28 0, 200 27 o 17 o 32 o 14 o 39 To despairful widows,—pensive prisoners,—and deposed kings ,— 1 3 1 2 29  ...
Yale University. Psychological Laboratory, Edward Wheeler Scripture, 1900
5
The Lyrical Dramas of Aeschylus, from the Greek
And even so, un Io's seed may blow, A buffeting blast from her of black despairful woe ! AN TISTROPHE VIII. ' O Jove, how then wilt thou be free From just reproach of Libya's daughters, If thou in us dishonored see Him whom the heifer bore to ...
Aeschylus, John Stuart Blackie, 1850
6
Studies from the Yale Psychological Laboratory
•2i9 o 26 o 13 o, 20 o 47 To the poor Christian that sits bound in the galley ; — 28 0, 20 o 27 o 170 32 o 14 o 39 To despairful widows, — pensive prisoners, — and deposed kings ; — 13 12 29 o 21 ©, 28 o 30 o 15 o 50 To them whose fortune ...
Yale University. Psychology Laboratory, Edward Wheeler Scripture, 1899
7
Studies from Yale Psychological Laboratory
e, n o 28 013 o 70 100 38 To the poor Christian that sits bound in the galley ; — 21 o 16 o 26 o 19 o 38 o 18 o 31 To despairful widows, — pensive prisoners, — and deposed kings ; — 12 14 20 q, 29 o 0021 o 14 o 17 o 43 To them — whose ...
Yale University. Psychological laboratory, 1901
8
Studies from the Yale Psychological Laboratory
19 o 26 o 13 0, 20 o 47 To the poor Christian that sits bound in the galley ; — 28 0, 20 o 27 o 17 o 32 o 14 o 39 To despairful widows, — pensive prisoners, — and deposed kings ; — 13 12 29 o 21 0s 28 o 30 o 15 o 50 To them whose fortune ...
9
Greek Folk-songs from the Ottoman Provinces of Northern Hellas
THE DESPAIRFUL ONE. H AIIEAimiA. Aiv ffoD rb tJw, ffXuXXa x6>jj, 'i rb yta\b fl^ v xareCijf, rl i yiaXl( ia pouprouviaeri, xi' &» « irapjj ia mijrn I x. r. X. (Aravandinos, 208.) ' HAVE not I bid thee, she-dog's child, not go to ocean down ? For wild ...
John Stuart Stuart Glennie, 1888
10
The Story Without a Name
Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly. came to that pitiless mother who would not forgive, who never spoke of forgiving, and to that girl who staked her honor on remaining unforgiven. The days passed, long, despairful, black. Only there was one more ...
Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, 1919

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