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despairer

Syllables: des·pair·erUK/dɪˈspɛːɹə/US/dɪˈspɛɹɚ/

despairer noun: one who despairs.

Noun

despairer (plural despairers)

  1. One who despairs.
    • He chears the fearful, and commends the bold, / And makes deſpairers hope for good ſucceſs.1667, John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis: The Year of Wonders, 1666. […], London: […] Henry Herringman, […], →OCLC, stanza 242, page 61
    • O despairer, here is my neck, / By God! you shall not go down! Hang your whole weight upon me.1855 July 4, Walt Whitman, “[Song of Myself]”, in Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.: [James and Andrew Rome], →OCLC, stanza 40, page 45

Forms of despairer

pluraldespairers

Origin of despairer

From despair + -er.

Questions about despairer

What does despairer mean?
Despairer means one who despairs.
What part of speech is despairer?
Despairer is a noun.
How do you pronounce despairer?
Despairer is pronounced /dɪˈspɛːɹə/ (UK).
What is the plural of despairer?
The plural of despairer is despairers.

Words near despairer in the dictionary

  1. Despain
  2. Despains
  3. despair
  4. despaire
  5. despaired
  6. despairer
  7. despairers
  8. despairest
  9. despaireth
  10. despairful
  11. despairfully

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