What it means
- (verb) To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
- (verb) To cause to despair.
- (verb) (often with “of”) To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation.
Letter analysis
- Despairs contains 8 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 5 consonant(s).
- It uses 7 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 2.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 11.
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Words starting with DES
- desalinate
- desalinated
- desalinates
- desalinating
- desalination
- descant
- descanted
- descanting
- descants
- descend
- descendant
- descendants
- descended
- descendent
- descendents
- descender
- descending
- descends
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Words ending with IRS
Sub-words
- aspired
- aspires
- despair
- diapers
- praised
- praises
- spiders
- spireas
- spreads
- arises
- asides
- aspire
- daises
- diaper
- drapes
- padres
- paired
- parsed
- parses
- passed
- passer
- pissed
- praise
- prides
- raised
- raises
- rapids
- rasped
- repaid
- spades
- spared
- spares
- sparse
- spears
- spider
- spirea
- spires
- spread
- aides
- aired
- apses
- arise
- aside
- dares
- dears
- drape
- dress
- dries
- drips
- ideas
- padre
- pairs
- pared
- pares
- parse
- pears
- piers
- press
- pride
Common questions
What does Despairs mean?
To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
How many letters are in Despairs?
Despairs has 8 letters.
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