drive to despair



drive someone to despair

Fig. to depress someone; to frustrate someone. Sometimes raising an infant drives me to despair! The recent problems drove her to despair.
See also: despair, drive

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Victoireveek-TWAWRFrench
Milligan['miligən]
Jesus['dʒi:zəz]
Aravind-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Tamil
Banach['ba:na:h]
BertoBER-toItalian, Spanish