despair
Noun
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same as: desperation
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is a type of: feeling - the experiencing of affective and emotional statessubtypes:
- hopelessness - the despair you feel when you have abandoned hope of comfort or success
- resignation, surrender - acceptance of despair
- discouragement, disheartenment, dismay - the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
- pessimism - the feeling that things will turn out badly
Verb
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subtypes: despond - lose confidence or hope; become dejected
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