Words Like DESPAIR

We have put together a list of words that are similar to DESPAIR.

9 Alternative Words Similar to despair

1 Condition Noun      Synonym Words Like Condition
2 Feeling Noun      Synonym Words Like Feeling
3 Status Noun      Synonym Words Like Status
4 Hope Noun      Antonym Words Like Hope
5 Despaired Verb-intransitive      Form Words Like Despaired
6 Despairing Verb-intransitive      Form Words Like Despairing
7 Despond Verb      Hyponym
8 Pessimism Noun      Hyponym Words Like Pessimism
9 Surrender Noun      Hyponym Words Like Surrender

3 examples of despair

1 they were rescued from despair at the last minute
2 courage born of desperation
3 one harsh word would send her into the depths of despair

10 definitions of despair

1 To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation; -- often with of.
2 To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
3 To cause to despair.
4 Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
5 That which is despaired of.
6 abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart
7 a state in which all hope is lost or absent
8 the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well
9 To lose all hope: despaired of reaching shore safely.
10 To be overcome by a sense of futility or defeat.
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