| relinquish | vt 1. give up, meninggalkan: he found it difficult to ~ his bad habits, dia mendapati sukar utk meninggalkan tabiat buruknya; ~ hope, berputus asa, berputus harapan: you should not ~ all hope yet, jangan berputus harapan; 2. surrender, melepaskan: he ~ed his claim on the estate, dia melepaskan tuntutannya ke atas harta pusaka itu; people find it difficult to ~ power, manusia mendapati sukar utk melepaskan kuasa; 3. release, melepaskan: he ~d his grip on the rope, dia melepaskan cengkamannya pd tali itu. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| despair | vi berputus /asa, harapan/: don’t ~, help will soon arrive, jangan berputus asa, bantuan akan sampai sebentar lagi; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| defeatist | n orang yg mudah /berputus asa, kecewa/; ~ attitude, sikap mudah /berputus asa, kecewa/. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| despondency | n keadaan berputus /asa, harapan/: her ~ cast a gloom over the entire household, keadaannya yg berputus asa menyebabkan seisi rumah muram. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| despondent | adj putus /asa, harap(an)/; (of expression, look) spt orang yg berputus /asa, harap(an)/: he has been ~ since he lost his job, dia putus harapan semenjak dia hilang pekerjaannya; she had a ~ look about her, dia kelihatan spt orang yg berputus asa; /look, appear/ ~, kelihatan berputus /asa, harap(an)/. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| defeatism | n sifat mudah /berputus asa, kecewa/. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| abandon | ~ os to despair, ~ hope, berputus asa; ~ os to o’s fate, /berserah, menyerah/ kpd nasib; ~ os to /grief, sorrow/, membiarkan diri dilanda /duka, kesedihan/; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| persevering | adj tabah, tekun; (of work etc) memerlukan ketekunan: he won’t give up, he is very ~, dia tdk akan berputus asa krn dia tabah; ~ efforts brought success, usaha yg tekun telah membawa kejayaan; a patient and ~ teacher, seorang guru yg sabar dan tekun; ~ work, pekerjaan yg memerlukan ketekunan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| come | ~ across as, kelihatan spt: he ~s across as so. who does not give up easily, dia kelihatan spt orang yg tdk mudah berputus asa; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| peg | ~ away (at), (colloq) terus bertungkus-lumus: he didn’t give up but ~ged away until he found the solution, dia tdk berputus asa sebaliknya dia terus bertungkus-lumus sehingga menemukan penyelesaiannya; he ~ged away at his exercises on his own in the gym, dia terus bertungkus-lumus berlatih secara bersendirian di gimnasium; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |