Thesaurus
despair
Synonyms and Antonyms of despair
- the endless drought drove the farmers to despair
cheer, cheerfulness, sunniness
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
- the other teamʼs temporary lead caused some momentary despair
despair
Synonyms and Antonyms of despair
- we despaired when we saw how little time we had left to complete our project
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