Definitions For Despair

noun

  • The feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well
  • A state in which all hope is lost or absent
  • The feeling of no longer having any hope
  • Someone or something that causes extreme sadness or worry

verb

  • Abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart
  • To no longer have any hope or belief that a situation will improve or change

Is Despairs a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
11
Words with Friends
12

The word Despair is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Despair in a Sentence

  • Things look bad now, but don't despair.
  • We despaired when we saw how little time we had left to complete our project
  • His despair nearly drove him mad.
  • I was overcome by despair at being unable to find them.
  • She finally gave up in despair.

Synonyms for Despair

Antonyms for Despairs

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