Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "despair" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

hope hope hope

Typical Location

casino jail

Derived Terms

climate despair compare and despair counsel of despair death of despair despairer despairful disease of despair pit of despair self-despair

Etymologically Related To

desperate

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

condition experience feel feeling status

Type Of (IsA)

condition feeling misery

Related Terms

deep emotion felling give up hopeless hopelessness poetry sad sad emotion sadness

Synonym Network

desperation despondency hopelessness

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