despair
noun
loss of hope; hopelessness.
self-despair
-
a word derived from
despair.
Example Sentences
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Rather than fall deeper into a hole of self-despair, I guess I saw that I had to find a way out to survive.”
From The Guardian ● Sep. 23, 2015
There were, Chief Boyce said, “other postings as well, of self-despair, of anger at himself and where his life is right now.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2014
And so in our hearts, as it were, the downward rootlet is self-despair, and the upward shoot is faith in Christ.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII by Alexander Maclaren
Add self-despair and the passion of self-crucifixion to this, and obedience becomes an ascetic sacrifice, agreeable quite irrespective of whatever prudential uses it might have.
From Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature by William James
Such anguish may partake of various characters, having sometimes more the quality of loathing; sometimes that of irritation and exasperation; or again of self-mistrust and self-despair; or of suspicion, anxiety, trepidation, fear.
From Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature by William James
