deep despair

Frequency: 7.512.5 per million words

Indicates a profound and intense state of despair.

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Examples (10)

  • After his business collapsed, he sank into a state of deep despair.
  • The novel's protagonist is a character trapped in deep despair.
  • A feeling of deep despair washed over the community after the tragedy.
  • Her letter expressed the deep despair she felt being so far from home.
  • The endless winter plunged the isolated villagers into deep despair.
  • He hid his deep despair behind a facade of false cheerfulness.
  • The film powerfully portrays the soldier's journey through deep despair and back to hope.
  • Losing his life's work filled the old man with a deep despair.
  • In her moments of deep despair, she found solace in music.
  • It is difficult to offer comfort to someone in the grip of such deep despair.