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DESPAIR

Definition:

1. [noun] a state in which everything seems wrong and will turn out badly; "they were rescued from despair at the last minute"
   Synonyms: desperation
   
   
2. [noun] the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well
   
   
3. [verb] abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart; "Don't despair
   
   

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Related Words:

• despond
• hopelessness
• resignation, surrender
• discouragement, disheartenment, dismay
• pessimism

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