Anguish, dejection, melancholy, sorrow, despondency
It can be a verb or a noun, depending on how it is used in a sentence.
Hopelessness, despondency, discouragement.
She looked at him in despair.
How about the "path of despair."
Some synonyms for the verb to despair are:despondloose faithloose heartsurrenderSome synonyms for the noun despair are:depressionhopelessnessanguishdespondencymelancholy
despair, misery, sadness, the blues, melancholy, unhappiness, despondency
The meaning of the word despair can be: the sense of futility, loss of hope, loss of confidence, cannot cope, sense of defeat. One synonym is to loose heart.
hopelessness: synonyms: despair; hopeless; desperate; desperateness, desperation, despond, despondence, despondency; grim; gloomy; unhopeful; forlorn
gravely, badly, seriously, severely, dangerously, perilously
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.
despair
She gave up her attempt in despair. The despair of the crowd caused panic.
of Despair, Feeling or expressing despair; hopeless.
"Despair" means "to be helpless."
The word despair is followed by "of" in an archaic construction equivalent to "give up hope."e.g. I despair of ever reaching home.The word despair is often the object of prepositions "in" or "of" (e.g. depths of despair).