Despair synonyms
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Part of speech:
gloom (related)
Deep sadness or hopelessness
A discouraging
depression (related)
A mood disorder characterized usually by anhedonia, extreme sadness, poor concentration, sleep problems, loss of appetite, and feelings of guilt, helplessness, and hopelessness.
To give up the will, courage, or spirit; to become dejected, lose heart.
The state of being downcast or despondent.
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helplessness (related)
desperation (related)
Desperation is defined as a loss of hope, or a great need that can make you act irrationally.
The definition of crucial is something that is essential or vitally important.
have faith (antonym)
give up hope
hope (related)
Hope is defined as the action of wishing or desiring that something will occur.
Marked by, arising from, or showing despair:
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indispensably
Despondency is defined as a state of feeling hopeless or dejected.
guilt (related)
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To yield or resign (oneself) to an emotion, influence, etc.
faith (antonym)
A trust or confidence in the intentions or abilities of a person, object, or ideal.
trust (antonym)
Reliance on something in the future; hope:
anguish (related)
sorrow (related)
loneliness (related)
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grief (related)
bitterness (related)
self-loathing (related)
misery (related)
torment (related)
weariness (related)
dejection (related)
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anger (related)
Having the nature of, involving, or doing great injury or wrong
So strong as to be overwhelming:
accidie
(Now literary) Sloth, slothfulness, especially as inducing general listlessness and apathy. [from 13th c.]
Apathy; a lack of care or interest; indifference
cruciality
de profundis
(Proper) Psalm 130 (in the Douay version, Psalm 129)
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The weather conditions characteristic of these regions of the ocean.
The quality of having no useful result; uselessness.
inconsolableness
The quality of being inconsolable.
A lack of interest or enthusiasm; apathy:
To put a burden on; load; weigh down; oppress
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To cause physical pain to; hurt:
The state or quality of being desperate.
hopefulness (antonym)
The property of being hopeful.
confidence (antonym)
Trust or faith in a person or thing:
expect (antonym)
To consider likely or certain:
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anticipate (antonym)
The definition of anticipate is to think and/or talk ahead about what may happen, and either take action beforehand to handle the situation or be ready to respond when the time occurs.
wish for (antonym)
give up hope
happiness (antonym)
(Archaic) Good luck; good fortune; prosperity.
joy (antonym)
A source or an object of joy:
joyfulness (antonym)
The state of being joyful
cheerfulness (antonym)
Find another word for despair. In this page you can discover 62 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for despair, like: hopelessness, gloom, discouragement, depression, give up, despond, despondence, helplessness, desperation, crucial and have faith.