despaired
Past participle of despair.
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despair

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NOUN
(hopelessness)-la desesperación
Synonyms for despair
discouragement
el desaliento
affliction
la aflicción
anxiety
la ansiedad
broken heart
corazón roto
desperation
la desesperación
dismay
la consternación
hell
el infierno
hopelessness
la desesperanza
malaise
el malestar
melancholy
la melancolía
misery
el sufrimiento
mourning
el luto
purgatory
el purgatorio
sadness
la tristeza
woe
la aflicción
Antonyms for despair
felicity
la dicha
fun
la diversión
encouragement
el ánimo
happiness
la felicidad
hope
la esperanza
paradise
el paraíso
pleasure
el placer
rapture
el éxtasis
INTRANSITIVE VERB
(to be discouraged)-perder la esperanza
Synonyms for despair
dismay
consternar
regret
arrepentirse de
Antonyms for despair
hope
esperar
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