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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
Compare and despair, as the old saying goes.
As her book explains, after overindulging at the house of a neighbor who had a newborn colt, she then tweeted about it with existential despair: “He has tasted life’s infinite tragedy.”
Many signs these days point to a scourge of anger and despair among American men, who all too often don’t seem to have been raised to express a wide range of emotions.
"At one point I drowned in suicidal ideation. It was despair. So I don't know that I coped. But I survived."
The reprieve has also given Gazans a moment to take stock of their surroundings, and to despair at what they see.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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