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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
Understanding the power of authoritarian confusion must breed clarity, not despair.
As Goldberg reported, voters see Platner as “a fighter,” and that designation matters in a barren political landscape where the only other choice is despair.
It told a story of glamor and despair, informing the show’s spirit.
Ali says each new arrival to the camp carries a story of survival and despair.
Among the inhabitants of El Cobre and surrounding towns the mood was one of deep despair.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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