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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
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Example Sentences
“Light trumps darkness, hope beats despair, grace wins over sin, love defeats hate, life conquers death,” the cardinal said.
Three months of despair were ignited in suburban Missouri when officer Darren Wilson was told he would walk free.
It may be nothing other than anger and despair, at this point.
I highly doubt that anyone not already in a state of despair would look to war as an antidote to Godlessness.
Future urbanization does not need to pose a choice between rural hopelessness and urban despair.
Davy read this over two or three times, in the greatest perplexity, and then gave it up in despair.
Prud'hon, in humiliation and despair, lived in a solitude almost complete.
The falling dew, and the howling wind raised him not from that bed of lonely despair.
But the '34 port was so good that he revoked twice, to the indignation and despair of his unhappy brother and partner.
As they got lower and lower down the hill, her wretchedness and disquiet became acute, to the point of a wild despair.
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On this page you'll find 88 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to despair, such as: anguish, desperation, despondency, discouragement, gloom, and melancholy.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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