Definitions from Wiktionary (despair)
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
▸ verb: (transitive) To cause to despair.
▸ verb: (intransitive, often with “of”) To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation.
▸ noun: Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
▸ noun: That which causes despair.
▸ noun: That which is despaired of.
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▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
▸ verb: (transitive) To cause to despair.
▸ verb: (intransitive, often with “of”) To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation.
▸ noun: Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
▸ noun: That which causes despair.
▸ noun: That which is despaired of.
Similar:
desperation,
dispair,
hopelessness,
despondency,
dejection,
sadness,
sorrow,
anguish,
helplessness,
pessimism,
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Types:
existential despair,
clinical depression,
situational despair,
chronic despair,
spiritual despair,
emotional despair,
social despair,
economic despair,
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