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.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Malin	MAH-lin (Swedish, Norwegian), MAH-leen (Finnish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish
Anshel	-	Yiddish
Nikephoros	-	Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Siegfried	ZEEK-freet (German)	German, Germanic Mythology
Maela	-	Breton
Mattie	MAT-ee	English