What is another word for despair?
739 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ dɪspˈe͡ə], [ dɪspˈeə], [ d_ɪ_s_p_ˈeə]
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Similar words for despair:
- bane (noun)
- blue devils (noun)
- dejection (noun)
- depression (noun)
- depression, hopelessness (noun)
- desolation (noun)
- desperation (noun)
- discouragement (noun)
- emotion (noun)
- fear (noun)
- feelings (noun)
- gloom (noun)
- glumness (noun)
- grief (noun)
- heartache (noun)
- heartbreak (noun)
- heavy-heartedness (noun)
- hopelessness (noun)
- malaise (noun)
- melancholy (noun)
- misery (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- pessimism (noun)
- emotion (verb)
- give in/give up (verb)
- give up hope (verb)
- mope (verb)
- worry (verb)
- other synonyms
- despondency
- melancholy
- other relevant words
- worry
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Despair:
n.
• bane (noun) • blue devils (noun) • dejection (noun)- joylessness,
- plaintiveness,
- grimness,
- sullenness,
- dolorousness,
- contemplativeness,
- blues,
- woefulness,
- dreariness,
- moodiness,
- sadness,
- ennui,
- anxiety.
- dashed hopes,
- trial,
- sorrow,
- anguish,
- desperation,
- forlornness,
- dejection,
- ordeal,
- pain,
- disheartenment,
- despondency,
- tribulation.
- dis tresses,
- un-happiness,
- un happiness,
- dis-tress,
- dis tractions,
- dis-comfort,
- dis-tresses,
- dis-comforts,
- dis comfort,
- dis tress,
- dis traction,
- dis comforts,
- un happinesses,
- dis-traction,
- dis-tractions,
- un-happinesses,
- disconsolatenesses.
- dis mays,
- dis-appointment,
- dis-may,
- low spirit,
- dis-mays,
- dis appointments,
- loss confidence,
- dis-appointments,
- dis appointment,
- dis may.
- be-moaning,
- dis-quiets,
- deplorings,
- lamentings,
- in felicities,
- dis quiet,
- bewailings,
- dis quiets,
- re-pining,
- be wailing,
- in felicity,
- dis-quiet,
- repinings,
- re pining,
- bemoanings,
- in-felicities,
- be-wailing,
- be moaning,
- in-felicity.
- bleakness,
- depression,
- moroseness,
- spiritlessness,
- heartlessness,
- abandonment,
- defeatism,
- hopelessness,
- downheartedness,
- negativity,
- dispiritedness.
- in firmnesses,
- in-firmnesses,
- un-healthiness,
- unhealthinesses,
- un healthiness,
- in firmness,
- in-firmness,
- un healthinesses,
- sicklinesses,
- un-healthinesses,
- infirmnesses.
- heaviness,
- desolation,
- infelicity,
- heavy-heartedness,
- pensiveness,
- grief,
- melancholia,
- heavyheartedness,
- Dyspepsias,
- bane,
- the blue,
- morbidity,
- expectation of worst,
- loss of confidence,
- Melancholias,
- pessimism,
- Infirmness,
- dyspepsia,
- gloom,
- wretchedness,
- broken heart,
- lamentation,
- dim view,
- discouragement,
- head ache,
- mournfulness,
- abjection,
- purgatory,
- dismals,
- glumness,
- disconsolateness,
- gloomy outlook,
- cheerlessness,
- the blues,
- dolefuls,
- fear,
- downheartedn,
- wistfulness,
- Morbidities,
- catatonia,
- Miserableness,
- Sickliness,
- down trip,
- headache,
- dark side,
- low spirits,
- malaise,
- saturninity,
- blahs,
- rue,
- worriment,
- unhealthiness,
- anvil chorus,
- heartache,
- Infelicities,
- heavy heart,
- heartbreak,
- melancholy,
- misery.
v.
• emotion (verb) • give in/give up (verb)- re-signs,
- sur renders,
- washes ones hands of,
- sur-renders,
- takes oath,
- dropt like hot potato,
- caved in,
- throws in the towel,
- throws towel,
- sur-rendering,
- re signed,
- sur rendered,
- sur-rendered,
- re-signed,
- Re sign,
- washes hands of,
- re signs,
- dropped like hot potato,
- threw in towel,
- buckled under,
- washed ones hands of,
- wash ones hands of,
- taking the oath,
- throws the towel,
- drops like hot potato,
- threw in the towel,
- threw the towel,
- took the oath,
- washing hands of,
- drops like a hot potato,
- dropped like a hot potato,
- throwing in towel,
- throw towel,
- re signing,
- washed one's hands of,
- taking oath,
- takes the oath,
- dropt like a hot potato,
- washed one hands of,
- sur-render,
- buckles under,
- throws in towel,
- throwing the towel,
- dropping like a hot potato,
- throwing towel,
- wash one hands of,
- took oath,
- washing one's hands of,
- washes one hands of,
- washing ones hands of,
- buckling under,
- washing one hands of,
- throw the towel,
- threw towel,
- dropping like hot potato,
- sur rendering,
- washes one's hands of,
- washed hands of.
- give way,
- renounce,
- lose faith,
- surrender,
- relinquish,
- have heavy heart,
- drop,
- let air out,
- resign,
- abandon,
- yield,
- flatten,
- be hopeless,
- destroy,
- take down.
- wert apathetic,
- eating ones heart out,
- being down the mouth,
- wears long face,
- was a funk,
- wast funk,
- ate ones heart out,
- wast down in mouth,
- be down mouth,
- being in a funk,
- was in a funk,
- be down the mouth,
- am a funk,
- was in funk,
- were in a funk,
- am down in mouth,
- art gloomy,
- is gloomy,
- re pine,
- eating one heart out,
- re pined,
- am down in the mouth,
- are down the mouth,
- is down the mouth,
- ate heart out,
- art a funk,
- is down in the mouth,
- are gloomy,
- is apathetic,
- re-pine,
- loses heart,
- being a funk,
- pined away,
- am in a funk,
- eating heart out,
- re-pined,
- wast a funk,
- re-pines,
- were down in mouth,
- are a funk,
- wast apathetic,
- re pines,
- pines away,
- eats one's heart out,
- is funk,
- stews over,
- being apathetic,
- wast gloomy,
- ate one heart out,
- losing heart,
- were apathetic,
- art apathetic,
- be in funk,
- eats heart out,
- eats one heart out,
- wert a funk,
- wert down mouth,
- was down in mouth,
- wast down the mouth,
- sweats over,
- were down the mouth,
- being in funk,
- being down in mouth,
- am apathetic,
- stewed over,
- wore a long face,
- wert down in mouth,
- eat ones heart out,
- be a funk,
- are in a funk,
- wert in funk,
- art in funk,
- wearing a long face,
- was down the mouth,
- wast down mouth,
- were in funk,
- are apathetic,
- was funk,
- were a funk,
- wast down in the mouth,
- wore long face,
- were down mouth,
- lost heart,
- wast in funk,
- is down in mouth,
- was down in the mouth,
- art in a funk,
- sweated over,
- ate one's heart out,
- eat one heart out,
- is in funk,
- wert down in the mouth,
- are down in mouth,
- wears a long face,
- being funk,
- am gloomy,
- sweating over,
- were funk,
- be funk,
- wast in a funk,
- eating one's heart out,
- wert gloomy,
- am down the mouth,
- wert in a funk,
- were down in the mouth,
- be down in mouth,
- are down in the mouth,
- is in a funk,
- were gloomy,
- wert funk,
- art funk,
- are in funk,
- eats ones heart out,
- wearing long face,
- being down mouth,
- stewing over,
- was gloomy,
- wert down the mouth,
- am down mouth,
- is a funk,
- is down mouth,
- being down in the mouth,
- being gloomy,
- are funk,
- pining away,
- wear long face,
- was apathetic,
- are down mouth,
- was down mouth.
- be-setting,
- be-sets,
- be leaguered,
- up-sets,
- bite ones nails,
- be deviling,
- sweated out,
- gnawed at,
- biting ones nails,
- be setting,
- de-press,
- be-deviled,
- be sets,
- de-presses,
- be leaguering,
- de-pressing,
- had qualms,
- bit nails,
- hath qualms,
- up setting,
- be devilling,
- be-leaguer,
- be-deviling,
- dis-quieted,
- un settle,
- bites one nails,
- biting one nails,
- hast qualms,
- un settles,
- un settling,
- up-set,
- be leaguers,
- bites one's nails,
- un-settled,
- be devils,
- be-leaguers,
- de press,
- gnaws at,
- de pressed,
- haddest qualms,
- dis-tressed,
- be-leaguering,
- dis quieting,
- be-devil,
- de presses,
- be deviled,
- un-settle,
- be-set,
- feeling uneasy,
- gnawing at,
- bites nails,
- concerned oneself,
- concerns oneself,
- be-devilling,
- de-pressed,
- un settled,
- be-devils,
- un-settling,
- up sets,
- having qualms,
- be-devilled,
- bit ones nails,
- be-leaguered,
- sweats out,
- bites ones nails,
- dis quieted,
- be devil,
- be leaguer,
- has qualms,
- dis tressed,
- be devilled,
- bite one nails,
- concerning oneself,
- de pressing,
- bit one nails,
- bit one's nails,
- hadst qualms,
- up-setting,
- felt uneasy,
- feels uneasy,
- dis-quieting.
Other synonyms:
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- succumb.
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- write off.
- Idled,
- be gloomy,
- worry,
- buckle under,
- give up,
- gave in,
- caves in,
- wash one's hands of,
- mope,
- stew over,
- cave in,
- wear a long face,
- grumped,
- throw in towel,
- forswear,
- throw in the towel,
- give in,
- be down in the mouth,
- sweat over,
- lose heart,
- take oath,
- pine away,
- be apathetic,
- Regretted,
- wash hands of,
- be in a funk,
- eat one's heart out,
- caving in,
- repine,
- throwing in the towel,
- eat heart out,
- grumping,
- take the oath,
- drop like a hot potato,
- drop like hot potato.
- DUNS,
- sweating out,
- feel uneasy,
- bite one's nails,
- Dunned,
- concern oneself,
- biting nails,
- sweat out,
- dun,
- Dunning,
- worried,
- gnaw at,
- have qualms,
- be set,
- bite nails,
- up set,
- biting one's nails.
- dejected,
- jade,
- discomposure,
- depressed,
- break one's heart,
- affliction,
- detachment,
- despairing,
- grievous,
- trepidation,
- travail,
- hopelessly,
- surprise,
- quit,
- downhearted,
- forlorn,
- batophobia,
- no way out,
- cede,
- bereavement,
- desperately,
- lost,
- blank despondency,
- gone,
- flutter,
- unhappy,
- grieve,
- anxiousness,
- Broken-hearted,
- unsuspecting,
- hopeless,
- crushing,
- gloomy,
- goner,
- torture,
- wither,
- lowness,
- heart-stricken,
- in grief,
- languish,
- darkness,
- no way,
- regret,
- overwhelm,
- dismal,
- capitulate,
- brood,
- downer,
- distressed,
- torment,
- sad,
- apathy,
- discontent,
- despair of,
- hope against hope,
- hit rock bottom,
- droop,
- distressing,
- falter,
- sorrowing,
- feeling,
- horror-stricken,
- lamenting,
- concerned,
- fret,
- crestfallen,
- forlornly,
- deject,
- acedia,
- wicked,
- calamitous,
- depressing,
- nervousness,
- abandon hope,
- touch bottom,
- distress,
- funereal,
- demolish,
- sloth,
- woeful,
- absence of hope,
- cheerless,
- bleeding heart,
- shameful,
- lament,
- confuse,
- regretful,
- give,
- unsuspicious,
- fearless,
- blue,
- bitterness,
- abdicate,
- dolour,
- quivering,
- resignation,
- reach the depths,
- desolate,
- loss,
- sorrowful,
- despondently,
- give up hope,
- sinister,
- disquiet,
- wretch,
- trembling,
- wretched,
- cowardice,
- yearn,
- sorry,
- brood over,
- depress,
- agonize,
- miserable,
- bale,
- dishearten,
- despondent,
- angst,
- trouble,
- perturbation,
- comfortless,
- mourning,
- fear and trembling,
- concern,
- Downcastness,
- no exit,
- tremor,
- status,
- dead duck,
- in tears,
- lugubrious,
- oppression,
- doldrums,
- extremity,
- horrified,
- unconsolable,
- bad job,
- suffering,
- desperate,
- degrade,
- disconsolate,
- suicidal despair,
- disapprove,
- cut up,
- dismay,
- sick at heart,
- prostration,
- give over,
- taedium vitae,
- discourage,
- discomfort,
- bum out,
- downcast,
- chagrined,
- Heartquake,
- alarm,
- dejectedness,
- confound,
- agony of mind,
- shaking,
- dolefulness,
- disconcert,
- concave,
- heart-broken,
- abject fear,
- sing,
- sulk,
- inconsolable,
- desole,
- dreary,
- dispirited,
- disquietude,
- blackness,
- low,
- distressful,
- pine,
- bring down,
- abject,
- disturb,
- pessimist,
- despairingly,
- unhappiness,
- become suicidal,
- woe,
- inquietude,
- tire,
- agony,
- mourn,
- death wish,
- concede,
- pout,
- disappointment,
- palpitation,
- aching heart,
- in despair,
- self-destructive urge,
- restlessness.
Paraphrases for Despair:
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Equivalence
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Proper noun, singular
hopelessness.
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Noun, singular or mass
desperation, hopelessness.
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Proper noun, singular
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Reverse Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
dismay.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
devastation, disarray, grief, hardship, misfortune.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
anguish, depression, desolation, despondency, disappointment, disillusionment, distress, frustration, helplessness, misery.
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Interjection
desperate.
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Noun, singular or mass
Homophones for Despair:
- disappear, discover, dissever, discovery, disbar, Dispair, decipherer, dysphoria, discoverer, deceiver, disfavour, diaspora, Duchess Of Ferrara, decipher, disfavor.
Hypernym for Despair:
n.
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feeling
discouragement, resignation, surrender, disheartenment, hopelessness, dismay, pessimism.
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feeling
v.
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emotion
despond.
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emotion
Hyponym for Despair:
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