despair

Definition:
1. A state in which everything seems wrong and will turn out badly.
2. The feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well.
3. Abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart.

Use 'despair' in a sentence:

• 1. One harsh word would send her into the depths of despair.
• 2. Despair choked her words.
• 3. He does despair at much of the press criticism.
• 4. "The bread is for grandmother," cried Heidi in despair.
• 5. I was in the depths of despair when the baby was terribly sick every day, and was losing weight.
• 6. Here and there, husbands sit in wordless despair.
• 7. If your answer is "Not well at all", don't despair.
• 8. Ellen felt both despair and anger at her mother.
• 9. Hard luck, chaps, but don't despair too much.
• 10. The night before the test I was overcome by fear and despair.
• 11. He gave up the attempt in despair.
• 12. He gave up this attempt in despair.
• 13. I despair of him; he can't keep a job for more than six months.
• 14. If we can't bring our problems under control, feelings of powerlessness and despair often ensue.
• 15. Eventually, driven to despair, he threw himself under a train.
• 16. Alex was almost speechless with rage and despair.
• 17. Don't despair! We'll think of a way out of this.
• 18. People are rejecting this constant diet of despair.
• 19. As time went on, his ambition to be part of the U.S. Supreme Court faded in a miasma of alcohol and despair.
• 20. Their work is a despairing metaphor for a society in its death throes.
• 21. If you couldn't attend either of the concerts and are currently gnashing your teeth at having missed out, don't despair.
• 22. The first round of multilateral trade talks has lurched between hope and despair.
• 23. They'd almost despaired of ever having children.
• 24. As his energy drained away, his despair and worry grew.
• 25. In despair he let it alone.
• 26. I will never forget the despair in her face that night.
• 27. I would overcome any weakness, any despair, any fear.
• 28. He was in the depth of despair.
• 29. He looked at the telephone, fighting down first the despair and then the anger.
• 30. There are signs that many voters have already despaired of politicians.
• 31. My handwriting was the despair of my teachers.
• 32. Don't let yourself despair; this will only make matters worse.
• 33. I tried to drag myself out of the morass of despair.
• 34. "Oh, I despair sometimes," he says in mock sorrow.
• 35. 'Oh, I despair sometimes,' he says in mock sorrow.
• 36. The book describes a spiritual journey from despair to happiness.
• 37. With every day that passed he became ever more despairing.
• 38. She uttered a cry of despair.
• 39. She felt she had run the gamut of human emotions from joy to despair.
• 40. Those kids are driving me to despair.
• 41. She had despaired of ever being rescued alive.
• 42. He gave up the struggle in despair.
• 43. He abandoned himself to despair.
• 44. Despair hangs heavy in the stifling air.
• 45. She finished what she had to say with a gesture of despair.
• 46. They frequently plumb the depths of loneliness, humiliation, and despair.
• 47. I looked at my wife in despair.
• 48. A deep sense of despair overwhelmed him.
• 49. Her mood alternated between happiness and despair.