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.
