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despair::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | desperation |
| Type of | condition, status |
in the depths of despair.
they were rescued from despair at the last minute.
despair::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Has types | despond |
| Derivation | desperate, desperation |
Don't despair--help is on the way!.
despair::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | feeling |
| Has types | hopelessness, pessimism, resignation, discouragement, surrender, dismay, disheartenment |
they moaned in despair and dismay.
one harsh word would send her into the depths of despair.
Examples of despair
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The weariness from despair, she said, has now stirred a different kind of anger.
From the bloomberg.com
Months ago, despair at the prospect of change in the Arab world was commonplace.
From the sacbee.com
None of my research could have prepared me for the absolute despair and sadness.
From the businessweek.com
For Nabil, the last year has been an extraordinary journey from despair to hope.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
Then, a few weeks later, a letter arrived that was to plunge Helen into despair.
From the guardian.co.uk
It may appear that skiing is a very costly holiday, but do not despair just yet.
From the independent.co.uk
Last year, Greece collapsed in despair and made an urgent plea for European aid.
From the economist.com
There was certainly a measure of chaos, but also hope, uncertainty, and despair.
From the economist.com
I could see every detail of her grief and despair as she faced a life destroyed.
From the telegraph.co.uk
- 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"
- Abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart; "Don't despair--help is on the way!"
- 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"
- (despairing) arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope; "a despairing view of the world situation"; "the last despairing plea of the condemned criminal"; "a desperate cry for help"; "helpless and desperate--as if at the end of his tether"; "her desperate screams"
- Despair was a technical thrash metal band from Germany, featuring multi-instrumentalist Waldemar Sorychta. ...
- Despair is one of the Endless, fictional characters from Neil Gaiman's comic book series, The Sandman.
- Despair is a 1978 film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder and starring Dirk Bogarde, based on the novel of the same name by Vladimir Nabokov. It was entered into the 1978 Cannes Film Festival.
- Despair (Russian: u041Eu0442u0447u0430u044Fu043Du0438u0435, or Otchayanie) is the seventh novel by Vladimir Nabokov, originally published in Russian, serially in the politicized literary journal Sovremennye zapiski during 1934. It was then published as a book in 1936, and translated to English by the author in 1937...
- Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency; That which is despaired of; To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of; To cause to despair; To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation
