Synonym: give up, desire, hope. Similar words: pair, impair, repair, a pair of, thomas paine, impairment, despite, desperate. Meaning: [dɪ'speə] 
n. 1. a state in which everything seems wrong and will turn out badly 2. the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well. v. abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart.
n. 1. a state in which everything seems wrong and will turn out badly 2. the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well. v. abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart. 
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(61) He declined his head in despair.
(62) Despair hangs heavy in the stifling air.
(63) His mood could swing from joy to despair.
(64) Robert shook his head in despair.
(65) She was in the depths of despair .
(66) She abandoned herself to despair.
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(67) I felt despair at being deceived.
(68) He cried out with despair.
(69) He identified with our distress and despair.
(70) He alternated between hope and despair.
(71) "Oh, I despair sometimes," he says in mock sorrow.
(72) She tried to damp down her feelings of despair.
(73) I was sucked into a vortex of despair.
(74) He gave himself up to despair.
(75) Ellen felt both despair and anger at her mother.
(76) He abandoned himself to despair.
(77) She is the despair of her teachers.
(78) The boy is the despair of his teachers.
(79) She killed him in a rage of despair.
(80) He was in utter despair.
(81) My teachers began to despair of me.
(82) In despair, the theatre director recast the leading role.
(83) His impotence to help made him despair.
(84) Alex was almost speechless with rage and despair.
(85) Alone in London,without friends,work,or money,Shelley fell into despair.
(86) She was overcome by despair.
(87) Poor living conditions breed violence and despair.
(88) The failure drove him into despair.
(89) Her mood vacillated between hope and despair.
(90) My handwriting was the despair of my teachers.