desperation

Synonyms

despair, despond, despondence, despondency, forlornness, hopelessness;

Antonyms

hope, hopefulness;

Near Antonyms

cheer, cheerfulness, sunniness;

optimism;

gaiety (also gayety), glee, gleefulness, jollity, joviality, lightheartedness, merriment, mirth, mirthfulness;

bliss, blissfulness, ecstasy, elatedness, elation, euphoria, exhilaration, exuberance, exultation, gladness, happiness, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, jubilation, rapture, rapturousness;

Related Words

blue devils, blues, dejection, depression, desolation, disconsolateness, dispiritedness, doldrums, dolor, downheartedness, dreariness, dumps, gloom, gloominess, joylessness, melancholy, mopes, oppression, sadness, sorrow, unhappiness;

self-despair, self-pity;

dolefulness, mournfulness, sorrowfulness, woefulness;

agony, distress, pain;

misery, woe, wretchedness;

cynicism, pessimism;

acceptance, resignation;

Phrases

slough of despond;