Vocabulary
Despair
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
the complete loss or absence of hope.
Urdu meaning
مایوسی، تنہائی
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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With a bleak job market and ever-rising inflation thanks lately to international misadventures in the Middle East, most Pakistanis find themselves living a life of despair.
Dawn Editorials —
Two-nation theory
— 2026-03-26
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The disruption of oil supplies and vulnerability of the US allies in the Gulf have added to America`s despair.Is Israel winning the war?
Dawn Editorials —
Who will win?
— 2026-03-15
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WITH one World Cup campaign ending in despair, Pakistan began to plan for the start of the cycle of another by leaving behind some of their top players.
Dawn Editorials —
New approach needed
— 2026-03-06
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Each unresolved case represents a household suspended between hope and despair.
Dawn Editorials —
Lives suspended
— 2026-01-24
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Now where does that leave the likes of us who want to shake their heads in despair and explain the limitations of nation-building exercises?
Dawn Editorials —
Done with politics
— 2026-01-06
Synonyms
hopelessness, desperation, distress, anguish, pain, unhappiness; dejection,
Curator example
“a voice full of self-hatred and despair”
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