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despair
noun as in depression, hopelessness
Strongest matches
anguish, desperation, despondency, discouragement, gloom, melancholy, misery, pain, sorrow
Strong matches
dejection, disheartenment, forlornness, ordeal, trial, tribulation, wretchedness
Weak match
verb as in give up hope
Strong matches
abandon, despond, destroy, drop, flatten, relinquish, renounce, resign, surrender, yield
Weak matches
be hopeless, give way, have heavy heart, let air out, lose faith, lose heart, take down
Example Sentences
“There are so many difficulties. It’s like a full-time job to be a survivor. People are really feeling despair.”
"There is a lot of despair and disillusionment," said Colm Martin, who has been volunteering at London's Kingston branch for five years.
His lively melodies about love, hope and despair - embellished with catchy riffs - brought a breath of fresh air to an otherwise tense social milieu.
For Jones and Dolan, that symbolism is not about vengeance or despair, but about finding a path forward.
Minguela said he wants other immigrants to know that “there’s hope and not to despair.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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