elation
Non-despair -- Elation
Despair: To lose all hope. Complete loss of hope.
What a strange question, i have lived in the UK for 3 years and have found the opposite, the British are funny and fairly positive
"Despair" is a noun or a verb.
Some synonyms for the verb to despair are:despondloose faithloose heartsurrenderSome synonyms for the noun despair are:depressionhopelessnessanguishdespondencymelancholy
Non-despair -- Elation
Despair: To lose all hope. Complete loss of hope.
despair, depression, gloom, down in the dumps, sad...
Despair. And for Catholics , it's a sin , because it shows a loss of Faith .
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.
The "set up" of the sentence is a short way of comparing the first 2 feelings to each other and then comparing them with 2 other feelings.You know that "joy" means happiness;and the opposite is "sorrow" which means sadness). Those two are at the opposite ends of our emotions or feelings (or "states of being").You know that "hope" means holding on (to a wish for things to turn out well); and the opposite is "despair" which means giving up (on thought that things will turn out well.) These two are also at the opposite ends of emotions or feelings or thoughts or "states of being".So a long way to say it might be "Happiness is (the opposite) of Sadness - (just the same as) - "Holding on" (believing things will work out), is (the opposite) of "Giving up" (thinking there's just no use).
praying for victory for one side in a war means also praying for despair and loss for the opposite side.
What a strange question, i have lived in the UK for 3 years and have found the opposite, the British are funny and fairly positive
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."