| dashed hope |
| despair(noun, depression, misery, desolation, hopelessness) |
| abort(verb, fail, baffle, sadden) |
| anguish(noun, depression, misery, desolation, despair) |
| baffle(verb, fail, sadden) |
| balk(verb, fail, baffle, sadden) |
| bleakness(despair, despondency, desperation) |
| bring to naught(verb, expression, idiom, fail, baffle) |
| bungle(verb, fail, baffle, sadden) |
| cast down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, fail, baffle) |
| chagrin(verb, fail, baffle, sadden) |
| circumvent(verb, fail, baffle, sadden) |
| come to nothing(verb, expression, idiom, fail, baffle) |
| dash(verb, fail, baffle, sadden) |
| dash hopes(verb, expression, fail, baffle, sadden) |
| deceive(verb, fail, baffle, sadden) |
| deferred |
| dejection(noun, depression, misery, desolation, despair) |
| delude(verb, fail, baffle, sadden) |
| depression(noun, misery, desolation, despair, hopelessness) |