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  • 31desperation — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Hopelessness] Syn. despair, distress, despondency, depression, discomfort, dejection, distraction, desolation, disconsolateness, anxiety, dread, panic, anguish, agony, melancholy, grief, worry, trouble, pain, torture, pang,… …

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  • 32sadness — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. sorrow, dejection, melancholy, depression, grief, despondency, sorrowfulness, oppression, downs*, gloom*, blues*, dumps*. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. downheartedness, sorrow, depression, melancholy, misery, unhappiness …

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  • 33Dejection — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Dejection >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 dejection dejection Sgm: N 1 dejectedness dejectedness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 depression depression prosternation| Sgm: N 1 lowness of spirits lowness of spirits depression of… …

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  • 34despair — de•spair [[t]dɪˈspɛər[/t]] n. 1) loss of hope; hopelessness 2) a source of hopelessness: to be the despair of one s teachers[/ex] 3) to lose, give up, or be without hope: to despair of humanity[/ex] 4) Obs. to give up hope of • Etymology:… …

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  • 35despondence — noun feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless • Syn: ↑despondency, ↑heartsickness, ↑disconsolateness • Derivationally related forms: ↑disconsolate (for: ↑disconsolateness), ↑heartsi …

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  • 36disconsolateness — noun feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless • Syn: ↑despondency, ↑despondence, ↑heartsickness • Derivationally related forms: ↑disconsolate, ↑heartsick (for: ↑heartsickness), ↑ …

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  • 37heartsickness — noun feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless • Syn: ↑despondency, ↑despondence, ↑disconsolateness • Derivationally related forms: ↑disconsolate (for: ↑disconsolateness), ↑heartsick …

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  • 38Despair — De*spair , n. [Cf. OF. despoir, fr. desperer.] 1. Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency. [1913 Webster] We in dark dreams are tossing to and fro, Pine with regret, or sicken with despair. Keble. [1913 Webster] Before he [Bunyan]… …

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