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despairful, a.|dɪˈspɛəfʊl|
[f. despair n. + -ful.]
Full of despair; hopeless, desperate.
Marked by Johnson as ‘Obsolete’; revived in 19th c.
1580Sidney Arcadia (1622) 72 That sweet, but sowre despairefull care. 1614Raleigh Hist. World ii. 285 That despairefull worke, of joining it [Tyre] to the Continent. 1631Celestina vi. 67 Peace, thou despairefull fellow, lest Calisto kill thee. 1817J. F. Pennie Royal Minstrel iii. 343 Thus to raise Expectancy in my despairful breast. 1891Eng. Illust. Mag. IX. 177 His short, passionate, almost despairful cry.
Hence despairfully adv., despairfulness.
1604Babington Conf. Notes Exod. xvi. Wks. (1622) 258 To haue men depend vpon his prouidence..and not wretchedly and despairefully to mucker vp what shall neuer doe them good. 1885W. C. Russell Strange Voy. I. iii. 32 Thinking despairfully of the lonely hours. 1888Veitch in J. C. Knight Principal Shairp & Friends 203 His despairfulness regarding human reason in the theological sphere. |
