| Main Entry: | despair |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give up hope |
Synonyms: |
abandon, be hopeless, despond, destroy, drop, flatten, give way, have heavy heart, let air out, lose faith, lose heart, relinquish, renounce, resign, surrender, take down, yield |
Antonyms: |
anticipate, expect, have faith, hope, wish for |
| Main Entry: | despairing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | upset, despondent |
Synonyms: |
anxious, at end of one's rope, blue, brokenhearted, can't win, cynical, dejected, depressed, desperate, disconsolate, downcast, forlorn, frantic, grief-stricken, hopeless, in pain, in the dumps, in the pits, in the soup, inconsolable, melancholic, melancholy, miserable, no-win, not a prayer, oppressed, pessimistic, sad, shot down, strabilious, suicidal, sunk, weighed down, wretched |
Antonyms: |
confident, encouraged, expectant, hopeful |
| Main Entry: | brokenhearted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | devastated |
Synonyms: |
crestfallen, crushed, desolate, despairing, despondent, disappointed, disconsolate, grief-stricken, grieved, heartbroken, heartsick, heartsore, inconsolable, miserable, mournful, prostrated, sorrowful, wretched |
Antonyms: |
happy, lighthearted, pleased |
| Main Entry: | desperate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hopeless |
Synonyms: |
at end of one's rope, back to the wall, can't win, dead duck, despairing, despondent, desponding, downcast, forlorn, futile, gone*, goner, hard up, in the soup, in the toilet, inconsolable, irrecoverable, irremediable, irretrievable, no-chance, no-way, no-win, running out of time, sad, sunk, up against it, up the creek, useless, vain, wretched |
Antonyms: |
hopeful |
| Main Entry: | despondent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | depressed |
Synonyms: |
all torn up, blue*, bummed-out, cast-down, dejected, despairing, disconsolate, discouraged, disheartened, dispirited, doleful, down, downcast, downhearted, forlorn, gloomy, glum, griefstricken, grieving, hopeless, in a blue funk, in despair, in the pits, low, low-spirited, melancholy, miserable, morose, mourning, sad, shot down, sorrowful, woebegone, wretched |
Antonyms: |
cheerful, elated, happy, hopeful, spirited, up |
| Main Entry: | disconsolate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | depressed, unhappy |
Synonyms: |
bad, black, blue, cheerless, cold, comfortless, crestfallen, crushed, dark, dejected, desolate, despairing, destroyed, dispirited, distressed, doleful, down, downcast, downhearted, dreary, forlorn, gloomy, grief-stricken, heartbroken, hopeless, hurting, in pain, in the pits, inconsolable, low, melancholy, miserable, ripped, sad, somber, sorrowful, torn-up, woebegone, woeful, wretched |
Antonyms: |
cheerful, consoled, happy, solaced, soothed |
| Main Entry: | forlorn |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hopeless, inconsolable |
Synonyms: |
abandoned, alone, bereft, blue*, cheerless, comfortless, cynical, defenseless, depressed, deserted, desolate, despairing, desperate, despondent, destitute, destroyed, disconsolate, down and out, dragging, forgotten, forsaken, friendless, fruitless, futile, godforsaken, helpless, homeless, in the dumps, lonely, lonesome, lost, miserable, oppressed, pathetic, pessimistic, pitiable, pitiful, solitary, tragic, unhappy, vain, weighed down, woebegone, wretched |
| Notes: | lonely adds to solitary a suggestion of longing for companionship, while lonesome heightens the suggestion of sadness; forlorn and desolate are even more isolated and sad |
Antonyms: |
cheerful, comforted, consolable, happy, hopeful, joyful, pleased |
| Main Entry: | give in/give up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | admit defeat |
Synonyms: |
abandon, back down, bail out, bow out, buckle under, capitulate, cave in, cease, cede, chicken out, collapse, comply, concede, cry uncle, cut out, desist, despair, drop, drop like a hot potato, fold, forswear, hand over, leave off, pull out, quit, relinquish, resign, stop, submit, surrender, take the oath, throw in the towel, waive, walk out on, wash one's hands of, yield |
Antonyms: |
fight, hold out, stand up to, withstand |
| Main Entry: | grief-stricken |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sad, sorrowful |
Synonyms: |
anguished, cheerless, dejected, depressed, despairing, devastated, distressed, down, heartbroken, heartsick, heavyhearted, hurting, inconsolable, melancholy, miserable, morose, overcome, troubled, unhappy, woebegone |
| Main Entry: | heartsick |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | despondent |
Synonyms: |
all torn up, blue, bummed-out, dejected, depressed, despairing, disappointed, disconsolate, disheartened, down, forlorn, grieving, heavy-hearted, inconsolable, low, melancholy, mournful, sad, unhappy, woebegone |