crush one's hopes
verb
Roget 859:
despair;
lose all hope,
give up all hope,
abandon all hope,
relinquish all hope,
lose the hope of,
give up the hope of,
abandon the hope of,
relinquish the hope of;
give up,
give over;
yield to despair;
falter;
despond
etc.
(be dejected)
837;
jeter le manche apres la cognee [Fr.].
inspire despair,
drive to despair
etc.
n.;
disconcert;
dash one's hopes,
crush one's hopes,
destroy one's hopes;
hope against hope.
abandon;
resign,
surrender,
submit
etc.
725.
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crush one's hope
verb
Roget 509:
be disappointed;
look blank,
look blue;
look aghast,
stand aghast
etc.
(wonder)
870;
find to one's cost;
laugh on the wrong side of one's mouth;
find one a false prophet.
not realize one's hope,
not realize one's expectation.
[cause to be disappointed]
disappoint;
frustrate,
discomfit,
crush,
defeat
(failure)
732;
crush one's hope,
dash one's hope,
balk one's hope,
disappoint one's hope,
blight one's hope,
falsify one's hope,
defeat one's hope,
discourage;
balk,
jilt,
bilk;
play one false,
play a trick;
dash the cup from the lips,
tantalize;
dumfound,
dumbfound,
dumbfounder,
dumfounder
(astonish)
870.
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