despair

[US]/dɪˈspeə(r)/
[UK]/dɪˈsper/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. feeling of complete hopelessness
vi. to feel completely hopeless

Phrases & Collocations

feelings of despair

deep despair

overwhelmed by despair

sense of despair

cries of despair

fall into despair

hopeless despair

anguish and despair

drowning in despair

in despair

despair of

Example Sentences

Despair is the parent of rebellion.

despair verging on the suicidal.

Hope is antithetic to despair.

she was in the depths of despair .

in despair , I hit the bottle.

hope is the mean virtue between despair and presumption.

a miasma of despair rose from the black workshops.

They despaired of winning the game.

Despair hangs heavy on the air.

He is the despair of all other pianists.

The boy is the despair of his teachers.

struck an attitude of melodramatic despair;

drawn to despair; drew them to resign.

he was beginning to despair of ever knowing.

such students can be the despair of conscientious teachers.

a feeling of despair enveloped him.

the surviving bird made a few final despairing flaps.

don't despair if you have a few knockbacks.

Real-world Examples

He gave up the attempt in despair.

Source: High-frequency vocabulary in daily life

The sky groans like one in despair.

Source: Selected Poems of Tagore

Narcissa looked up at him, her face eloquent with despair.

Source: 6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

There are no inhabitants of this land of despair.

Source: A Study in Scarlet by Sherlock Holmes

They glory in decay and despair.

Source: "JK Rowling: A Year in the Life"

I did feel some despair. I guess around that, around the Cavanaugh hearings.

Source: The Life Philosophy of Stars (Bilingual Selection)

The cowboy turned in despair to Scully. What are you going to do now?

Source: VOA Special August 2019 Collection

Trapped carbon dioxide from the yeast causes these bready pits of despair.

Source: 2024 New Year Special Edition

He heard another women laughing nearby, and knew that Bellatrix gloried in McGonagall's despair.

Source: 7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Winky let out a wail of despair.

Source: 4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

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