It is both.
"Despair" is a noun or a verb.
Burden is a noun and a verb. As a noun -- She carried the burden of a loved one lost. As a verb -- She was burdened with despair.
The word 'despair' is both a noun (uncountable) and a verb (despair, despairs, despairing, despaired).The noun 'despair' is a word for a complete loss of hope; a person or thing that is the cause of a complete loss of hope.
The word 'despair' is an abstract noun, a word for a complete loss or absence of hope; a word for an emotion.The abstract noun forms of the verb to despair are desperation and the gerund, despairing.
The collective noun is a wilderness of despair. The noun despair is also a collective noun for a despair of writers, a despair of goths.
If you are talking about the word 'despair' as a noun, some antonyms would be 'joy' and 'happiness'. However, if you are talking about it as a verb, a antonym would be 'hope'.
Some synonyms for the verb to despair are:despondloose faithloose heartsurrenderSome synonyms for the noun despair are:depressionhopelessnessanguishdespondencymelancholy
hopelessness OR disappointment.
No, despair is an abstract noun; a word for an emotion.
Yes, the noun 'despair' is an abstract noun, a word for an intangible emotional state.The word 'despair' is also a verb: despair, despairs, despairing, despaired.
dismay means noun: the feeling of despair or fear resulting from feeling of danger; using it as a verb: being unpleasantly surprised
The verb form for "desperate" is "despair." It means to lose all hope or give up on a situation.