DESPAIR Synonyms

There are 10 synonyms of the word despair. (exact relations)
There are 3 hypernyms of the word despair. (close relations)

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	hopelessness				nounn
	noun • the despair you feel when you have abandoned hope of comfort or success
	anguish				nounn
	noun • extreme mental distress • extreme distress of body or mind verb • suffer great pains or distress • cause emotional anguish or make miserable
	dejection				nounn
	noun • a state of melancholy depression • solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels
	desolation				nounn
	noun • the state of being decayed or destroyed • a bleak and desolate atmosphere • sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned • an event that results in total destruction
	grief				nounn
	noun • intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death) • something that causes great unhappiness
	misery				nounn
	noun • a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune • a feeling of intense unhappiness
	sorrow				nounn
	noun • an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement • sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment • something that causes great unhappiness • the state of being sad verb • feel grief
	woe				nounn
	noun • misery resulting from affliction • intense mournfulness
	desperation				nounn
	noun • a state in which all hope is lost or absent • desperate recklessness
	despondency				nounn
	noun • feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless

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