Despair

What do we mean by despair?

To lose all hope. intransitive verb

To be overcome by a sense of futility or defeat. intransitive verb

Complete loss of hope. noun

One despaired of or causing despair. noun

Hopelessness; a hopeless state; utter lack of hope or expectation. noun

That which causes hopelessness; that of which there is no hope. noun

Synonyms Despondency, Despair, Desperation. Despondency is a loss of hope sufficient to produce a loss of courage and a disposition to relax or relinquish effort, the despondent person tending to sink into spiritless inaction. Despair means a total loss of hope; despondency does not. Despair naturally destroys courage and stops all effort, but may produce a new kind of courage and fierce activity founded upon the sense that there is nothing worse to be feared. In this despair is akin to desperation, which is an active state and always tends to produce a furious struggle against adverse circumstances, even when the situation is utterly hopeless. noun

To lose hope; be without hope; give up all hope or expectation: followed by of before an object.

Synonyms Despair, Despond. See despond.

To give up hope of; lose confidence in.

To cause to despair; deprive of hope.

To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation; -- often with of. intransitive verb

Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency. noun

That which is despaired of. noun

To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of. transitive verb

To cause to despair. transitive verb

To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of. verb

To cause to despair. verb

To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation. verb

Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency. noun

Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.

That which causes despair.

That which is despaired of.

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The complete loss or absence of hope. WHY DID NO ONE DO THIS YET Urban Dictionary

The opposite of hope. It is something that hope will always defeat. It is also something Nagito Komaeda dislikes. Urban Dictionary

A word meaning the complete absense of hope, popularized among pop culture by the video game series Danganronpa. Urban Dictionary

1. The complete loss or absence of hope 2.An utter loss of hope; a feeling of uselessness, often brought about through contact with a greeter at Wal- Mart. Urban Dictionary

The opposite side hope and That bitch Junko Enoshima is really addicted to it. Urban Dictionary

You are literally describing Junko Enoshima. Urban Dictionary

The complete lack of hope. Urban Dictionary

Despairism is a religious cult of people who believe in Junko Enoshima’s presence and praise her for helping the world tremendously. Urban Dictionary

1. The complete loss or absence of hope 2.An utter loss of hope; a feeling of uselessness, often brought about through contact with a greeter at Wal- Mart. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to despair:
despair, dispair, despain.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word despair:
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Words that rhyme with despair:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe despair:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective despair:
distrust, spread, results, sins, hath, work, point, the, noun.

Consonant match to despair:
dispair.

Words that sound like despair:
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