- Types Of Speech
- You can use despair as a noun or as a verb in a sentence.
- About Despair
- A 2 syllables noun and 7 letters with the letters a, d, e, i, p, r, and s, 4 consonants, 3 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letter p. Despair starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters d, de, des, desp, despa, and the ending characters are r, ir, air, pair, spair, ..
- Definition
- The feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well
- Origin/Roots
- Anglo Norman
- Compound Words
- A compound word, despair has more than one word within it. There's 2 words which are des, and pair.
- School Grade
- Despair is set as a sat word that starts with d, ends with r, 2 syllables, 3 vowels and 7 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is despair a scrabble word? A 10 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Despair in Pig Latin is said as "espairday or espairdway".
- Unigram
- d | e | s | p | a | i | r
- Bigram
- de | es | sp | pa | ai | ir
- Trigram
- des | esp | spa | pai | air
- Quadrigram
- desp | espa | spai | pair
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well
- a state in which everything seems wrong and will turn out badly;
"they were rescued from despair at the last minute"
- Verb Examples
- abandon hope;
give up hope;
lose heart;
"Don't despair--help is on the way!"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abandon | the trait of lacking restraint or control freedom from inhibition or worry "she danced with abandon" |
| Abandon Hope | |
| Acedia | apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins) |
| Acerbity | a sharp and bitter manner |
| Aching Heart | |
| Acrimony | a sharp and bitter manner |
| Agony | intense feelings of suffering acute mental or physical pain "an agony of doubt" "the torments of the damned" |
| Agony Of Mind | |
| Anguish | extreme mental distress |
| Apathy | the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally |
View all cognitive synonyms for Despair
| Antonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Hope | one of the three Christian virtues |
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Despair | the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well |
| Praised |
View English words with the unique letters used in despair. Words With The Letters Adeiprs
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Despair | the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Feeling | the experiencing of affective and emotional states "she had a feeling of euphoria" "he had terrible feelings of guilt" "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual" |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Discouragement | the act of discouraging; "the discouragement of petty theft" |
| Disheartenment | a communication that leaves you disheartened or daunted |
| Dismay | fear resulting from the awareness of danger |
| Hopelessness | the despair you feel when you have abandoned hope of comfort or success |
| Pessimism | a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things |
| Resignation | a formal document giving notice of your intention to resign; "he submitted his resignation as of next month" |
| Surrender | the act of surrendering (under agreed conditions); "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort" |
| Title | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negative Feelings | Describe despair | A word list of negative feeling words and the best English words to describe negative emotions. Emotional negative words... read more |
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dispraise (9 letters) | 12 +2 | 13 +2 | dispraise | ||
| Pristidae (9 letters) | 12 +2 | 13 +2 | pristidae | ||
| Sparidae (8 letters) | 11 +1 | 12 +1 | paradise | ||
| Paradise (8 letters) | 11 +1 | 12 +1 | paradise | ||
| Despair (7 letters) | 10 | 11 | despair | ||
| Disrepair (9 letters) | 12 +2 | 13 +2 | adeiiprrs | ||
| Airspeed (8 letters) | 11 +1 | 12 +1 | airspeed | ||
| Disappear (9 letters) | 14 +4 | 16 +5 | disappear | ||
| Dispread (8 letters) | 12 +2 | 13 +2 | dispread | ||
| Disparate (9 letters) | 12 +2 | 13 +2 | disparate | ||
| Upraised (8 letters) | 11 +1 | 13 +2 | upraised | ||
| Pteraspid (9 letters) | 14 +4 | 16 +5 | pteraspid | ||
| Apprised (8 letters) | 13 +3 | 15 +4 | adeipprs | ||
| Air Speed (9 letters) | |||||
| Dis Pater (9 letters) | |||||
| Appraised (9 letters) | 14 +4 | 16 +5 | disappear | ||
| Praised (7 letters) | 10 | 11 | despair |
Despair Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With D
- Ends With R
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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