63 entries under despair topic. ×

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despondency(noun, trouble, worry, distress, anxiety)
14
depression(noun, worry, distress, anxiety, sorrow)
11
desperation(noun, trouble, worry, distress, anxiety)
9
dejection(noun, trouble, worry, distress, anxiety)
9
discouragement(noun, trouble, worry, distress, anxiety)
8
pessimism(noun, belief, doubt, gloom, disappointment)
7
disheartenment(noun, depression, melancholy, sadness, misery)
6
cheerlessness(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
6
downheartedness(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
6
gloominess(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
6
sorrow(noun, trouble, worry, distress, anxiety)
5
dispiritedness(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
5
gloom(noun, trouble, worry, distress, anxiety)
5
melancholy(noun, trouble, worry, distress, anxiety)
5
misery(noun, trouble, worry, distress, anxiety)
4
anguish(noun, worry, distress, anxiety, sorrow)
4
bleakness(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
4
despond(noun, hope, despondency, desperation)
4
despondence(noun, sadness, hope, despondency)
4
heartbreak(noun, pain, sorrow, depression, melancholy)
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