[…] wretches, whose vnhappie cace, / After lost credite and consumed thrift, / At last them driuen hath to this despairefull drift.
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Despairful
//dɪˈspɛːfəl//
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The captain went forward interfering rather than assisting. I was alternately despairful and desperate.
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