Be demoralized, anguish, abandon hope, and anguished are all synonyms for despair. Hope and joy are antonyms of despair. And here are 67 another word for despair.
Anguish, defeatism, dejection, depression, desperation, despondency, disconsolateness, discouragement, disheartenment, distress, forlornness, gloom, hopelessness, melancholia, melancholy, misery, pain, resignedness, unhappiness, wretchedness, and pessimism are all synonyms for despair.
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, and dolorous are all another word for despair.
Despair synonym page has a variety of synonyms that differ in length. 2 synonyms with 4, and 14 letters and 1 synonym with 5, 16, 18, and 21 letters. 3 synonyms with 6, and 7 letters and 9 synonyms with 8 letters.
11 synonyms with 9 letters and 7 synonyms with 10, and 12 letters. 10 synonyms with 11 letters and 6 synonyms with 13 letters. For a total of 64 another word for despair.
He felt overwhelmed by despair yesterday.
Despair clouded her thoughts completely.
They struggled through moments of despair.
In despair, she sought comfort.