Despair
Despair noun - Utter loss of hope.
Elysium
Elysium noun - A dwelling place of perfect happiness for the soul after death.
Both words in one sentence
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In Hades, a non-outsider experiences increasing apathy and despair : colors become grayer and less vivid, sounds duller, and the risk of entrapping is the same as in Elysium (albeit less nice).
Source: Fisher Kingdom - The upper plane of Elysium has an "entrapping" trait almost identical to Hades, except it operates through contentment rather than despair.
Source: Empty Shell
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Elysium and Despair. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/despair/elysium
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