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despair: the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well; a state in which everything seems wrong and will turn out badly; "they were rescued from despair at the last minute"; abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart; "Don't despair--help is on the way!"

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despond collapse: lose confidence or hope; become dejected; "The supporters of the Presidential candidate desponded when they learned the early results of the election"

no way collapse

despondency collapse: feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless

desperation collapse: desperate recklessness; "it was a policy of desperation"

broken heart collapse: devastating sorrow and despair; "he is recovering from a broken heart"; "a broken heart languishes here"

low spirits collapse: a state of mild depression

death wish collapse

heavy heart collapse

heartache collapse

give up collapse: allow the other (baseball) team to score; "give up a run"

pessimism collapse: a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things; the feeling that things will turn out badly

bleeding heart collapse: someone who is excessively sympathetic toward those who claim to be exploited or underprivileged; garden plant having deep-pink drooping heart-shaped flowers

bale collapse: a large bundle bound for storage or transport; make into a bale; "bale hay"

agony collapse: intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain; "an agony of doubt"; "the torments of the damned"; a state of acute pain

hopelessness collapse: the despair you feel when you have abandoned hope of comfort or success

give way collapse: end resistance, as under pressure or force; "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"

misery collapse: a feeling of intense unhappiness; "she was exhausted by her misery and grief"; a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune; "the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable"

sadness collapse: emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being; the state of being sad; "she tired of his perpetual sadness"

falter collapse: move hesitatingly, as if about to give way; be unsure or weak; "Their enthusiasm is faltering"

acedia collapse

lowness collapse: a low or small degree of any quality (amount or force or temperature etc.); "he took advantage of the lowness of interest rates"; the condition of being low; lacking height; "he was suddenly aware of the lowness of the ceiling"

melancholia collapse: extreme depression characterized by tearful sadness and irrational fears

desolation collapse

woe collapse: intense mournfulness

mourning collapse: state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one

dejection collapse: a state of melancholy depression

touch bottom collapse

infelicity collapse: inappropriate and unpleasing manner or style (especially manner or style of expression)

oppression collapse: the act of subjugating by cruelty; "the tyrant's oppression of the people"; a feeling of being oppressed; the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority: "after years of oppression they finally revolted"

anguish collapse: extreme mental distress; extreme distress of body or mind; suffer great pains or distress

disconsolate collapse

disappoint collapse: fail to meet the hopes or expectations of; "Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriage"

grief collapse: something that causes great unhappiness; "her death was a great grief to John"; intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)

despondent collapse: without or almost without hope; "despondent about his failure"; "too heartsick to fight back"

apathy collapse: the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally; an absence of emotion or enthusiasm

forlorn collapse: marked by or showing hopelessness; "the last forlorn attempt"; "a forlorn cause"

sloth collapse: apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins); any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America; they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruits; a disinclination to work or exert yourself

bitterness collapse: a rough and bitter manner; the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste

downer collapse

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