Be demoralized, anguish, abandon hope, and anguished are all synonyms for despair. Hope and joy are these antonyms of despair. And here are another 67 synonyms for despair.
Despair Synonyms
1. anguish
- Anguish
- Defeatism
- Dejection
- Depression
- Desperation
- Despondency
- Disconsolateness
- Discouragement
- Disheartenment
- Distress
- Forlornness
- Gloom
- Hopelessness
- Melancholia
- Melancholy
- Misery
- Pain
- Resignedness
- Unhappiness
- Wretchedness
- Pessimism
2. lose heart
- Abandon hope
- Anguished
- Be demoralized
- Be despondent
- Be discouraged
- Be pessimistic
- Broken-hearted
- Defeatist
- Dejected
- Demoralized
- Depressed
- Desolate
- Desperate
- Despond
- Despondent
- Devastated
- Disconsolate
- Discouraged
- Disheartened
- Distressed
- Downcast
- Forlorn
- Give up hope
- Give up
- Gloomy
- Grief-stricken
- Heartbroken
- Hopeless
- In despair
- Inconsolable
- Look on the black side
- Lose heart
- Lose hope
- Melancholy
- Miserable
- Pessimistic
- Quit
- Resign oneself
- Resigned
- Sorrowing
- Suicidal
- Surrender
- Throw in the towel/sponge
- Wretched
- Dolorous