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self-despair

self-despair noun: despair about oneself or one's own actions or behaviour.

Noun

self-despair (uncountable)

  1. Despair about oneself or one's own actions or behaviour.
    • Her flame […] soared after some illimitable satisfaction, which would reconcile self-despair with the rapturous consciousness of life beyond self.1872, George Eliot, Middlemarch, Prelude
    • Tripping herself up with sadder and more and more neurotic acts of self-despair.2007, Alexander Theroux, chapter 45, in Laura Warholic

self-despair meaning in Tamil

self-despair in Tamil

தன்னம்பிக்கை கேடு

Origin of self-despair

From self- + despair.

Questions about self-despair

What does self-despair mean?
Self-despair means despair about oneself or one's own actions or behaviour.
What is self-despair in Tamil?
Self-despair in Tamil is தன்னம்பிக்கை கேடு. See Self-despair meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is self-despair?
Self-despair is a noun.

Words near self-despair in the dictionary

  1. self-described
  2. self-describing
  3. self-descriptive
  4. self-deserting
  5. self-deserting avoidant
  6. self-despair
  7. self-destroyer
  8. self-destroyers
  9. self-destruct
  10. self-destructed
  11. self-destructing

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