Despair
Despair verb - To lose all hope or confidence.
Keep
Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.
How words are described
| human | human despair | human keep |
| old | old despair | old keep |
| good | good despair | good keep |
| perfect | perfect despair | perfect keep |
| Other adjectives: complete, original, massive, extreme, great, inner, personal. | ||
Common collocations
| money | despair money | keep money |
Both words in one sentence
- Skull stays with Sahu to keep Sahu from suffering the same tragic fate, and to keep Sahu from falling into the same despair Skull once did.
Source: Webcomic / Wake Up Deadman - Suffering through an abusive childhood, an abusive adolescence, and on top of all this, to have the man she comes to love keep critical secrets from her would drive anyone to despair.
Source: Iron Woobie - The demon feeds off of terror and despair, and to keep that disemboweled sap alive, reaches into his rib cage and manually pumps the heart to keep his blood flowing.
Source: Nightmare Fuel / Literature
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