despair
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Sense: Noun: feeling of hopelessness
Synonyms:
hopelessness, desperation, depression Collocations, discouragement, gloom Collocations, misery Collocations, dismay Collocations, gloominess, dejection, despondence, despondency, sadness Collocations, melancholy, anguish Collocations, sorrow Collocations, heavy heart, demoralization, demoralisation , mourning Collocations, the blues , woe Collocations
Sense: Verb: lose hope
Synonyms:
give up, lose heart, lose hope, lose all hope, abandon hope, abandon all hope, give up hope, give up all hope, resign yourself, be discouraged, throw in the towel , hit rock bottom