abandon, become suicidal, dejection, despondentness, downheartedness, give way, infelicity, melancholy, prostration, sink, weariness of life
Definitionn. a state in which all hope is lost or absent
Last update: October 4, 2015
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They were rescued from despair at the last minute. [noun]
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An HIV diagnosis can unleash an avalanche of emotions: fear, rage, guilt or despair could appear singly or together. [noun]
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Do n't despair if the soil is too fertile, you could create a cornfield flower patch instead. [noun]
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If she were my wife I should not despair of winning her to think as we do. [noun]
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Sir Ralph Masaroon pretended to be in despair. [noun]
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Yet I do not despair of being loved in as full measure as I love. [noun]
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Excited by the presence of their dwellings, and tired of the chase, the Hurons now made a stand, and fought around their council-lodge with the fury of despair. [noun]
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"Spoken like my sweet daughter, whose baby arms clasped my neck in the day of despair." [noun]
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For the moment he did not perceive that the clasp of despair must have drowned them both. [noun]
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Polly had been standing, like a statue of despair, beside the broken dial. [noun]
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Faith blushed at the passion of his words, and sighed at their despair. [noun]
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