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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
A hypnotist born with the most severe form of albinism has gone from the depths of despair at his disability to headlining his own show.
I could relate to those feelings of shame and despair she felt when she realized she was the stepsister.
The final whistle at first brought groans of despair followed by a standing ovation for Villa's players and Emery as he marched down the touchline.
“I add my own love to the history of people who have loved beautiful things,” says protagonist Theo at the end of his tale, finding moments of joy amid despair.
Before confirming him, Senate Republicans should have listened to Caroline Kennedy, when she called her cousin "a predator" who enjoys "a perverse scene of despair and violence."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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