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Some synonyms for the verb to despair are:
- despond
- loose faith
- loose heart
- surrender
Some synonyms for the noun despair are:
- depression
- hopelessness
- anguish
- despondency
- melancholy
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∙ 13y agoAntonyms for the word despair include:
Hope
Anticipation
Faith
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∙ 14y agoDisheartened
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∙ 13y agoDespairing or desperate.
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∙ 13y agoThe synonym for despair is hope.
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What part of speech is despair?
"Despair" is a noun or a verb.
What word is the opposite for the word despair?
Non-despair -- Elation
Use despair in a sentence?
Despair is the loss of hope or a state of hopelessness.It can be someone or something that causes hopelessness: For example: She is the despair of her mother. Her mother has no hope for her.It can also be to lose or give up on life or a dream or job. There is also the big community picture of despair. The despair of humanity such as when the holocaust occurred and people around the world were being killed in World War 2.Despair can also be when one gives up hope of something, someone, some event or a belief or dream.Without hope we falter. Hope can be reinstated when a person or community communicates with others about their feelings and why they are despairing.I think people came here because of =3 eqauls three :)
Is despair a noun?
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.
Is gloom an abstract noun?
Gloom as an absence of light is a concrete noun, detectable by sight. Gloom as an emotional state, depression or despair, would be an abstract noun.
What is the adjective form of hope?
despair
What is the negative adjective form of hope?
despair
What is the past tense of desperate?
The word 'desperate' is not a verb.The word 'desperate' is an adjective, a word used to describe a noun (a desperate struggle, a desperatesituation, etc.)The related verb is to despair. The past tense is despaired.
What is the collective noun for despair?
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.
What word is related to despair?
despair
How is despair used in sentences?
She gave up her attempt in despair. The despair of the crowd caused panic.
What is the meaning of despairing?
of Despair, Feeling or expressing despair; hopeless.
What part of speech is hopeless?
No, the word 'hopeless' is an adjective, a word used to describe a noun as without hope.The noun form of the adjective 'hopeless' is hopelessness.The words 'hopeless' and 'hopeful' are the adjective forms of the noun hope.
What do despair mean?
"Despair" means "to be helpless."
What preposition goes with despair?
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).
What part of speech is despair?
"Despair" is a noun or a verb.
What actors and actresses appeared in Despair - 2004?
The cast of Despair - 2004 includes: Jeff Jennings as Man of Despair
