Despair and Mourn

Despair

Despair verb - To lose all hope or confidence.

Usage example: we despaired when we saw how little time we had left to complete our project

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Mourn and despair are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mourn" instead a verb "Despair".

Mourn verb - To feel deep sadness or mental pain.

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Despair and mourn are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Despair" instead a verb "Mourn".

Nearby Words: mournful, mournfully, mourning, mourner

death	despair death	mourn death
bit	despair bit	mourn bit

The text below the image says: Because the world is so unfair, I mourn in despair.

Source: Creator / Pieter Bruegel the Elder
In Russia, the audience viewed the million-ruple prize as a reason to mourn the fact that there's one less person to share the rampant poverty and despair with.

Source: Tall Poppy Syndrome
He claims: "Because the world is so unfair, I mourn in despair." Creator Cameo: The bearded man dressed in black talking with a monk on the far right side of "Peasant's Wedding" is assumed to be a self portrait of Bruegel.

Source: Creator / Pieter Bruegel the Elder

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