Associations to the word «Despair»
Noun
- Fury
- Precipice
- Slough
- Impossibility
- Affliction
- Desertion
- Horror
- Solitude
- Delirium
- Shame
- Safety
- Pang
- Fortitude
- Fit
- Fever
- Tenderness
- Wretch
- Defiance
- Reaching
- Hunger
- Rapture
- Guilt
- Tumult
- Calamity
- Countenance
- Dread
- Sunk
- Envy
- Reproach
- Sickness
- Sink
- Mockery
- Mercy
- Impatience
- Depth
- Pity
- Indifference
- Disbelief
- Blackness
- Plunging
- Tiding
- Getting
- Glimmer
- Multitude
- Distress
- Weep
- Extremity
Adjective
Verb
Adverb
Wiktionary
DESPAIR, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
DESPAIR, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To cause to despair.
DESPAIR, verb. (intransitive) (often with “of”) To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation.
DESPAIR, noun. Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
DESPAIR, noun. That which is despaired of.
Dictionary definition
DESPAIR, noun. A state in which all hope is lost or absent; "in the depths of despair"; "they were rescued from despair at the last minute"; "courage born of desperation".
DESPAIR, noun. The feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well; "they moaned in despair and dismay"; "one harsh word would send her into the depths of despair".
DESPAIR, verb. Abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart; "Don't despair--help is on the way!".
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