utter despair

collocation in English

meaningsofutteranddespair

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utter
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈʌt.ər/us
/ˈʌ.t̬ɚ/
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despair
noun[U]
uk
/dɪˈspeər/us
/dɪˈsper/
the feeling that there is no hope and that you can do nothing to improve a difficult or ...
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(Definition ofutteranddespairfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofutter despair

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Nina goes intoutterdespairover what's happening in the house.
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There isutterdespair, not only among youngsters but also among many adults.
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Are we to go back to that period ofutterdespairand say we shall close things down?
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Yet they are inutterdespair, both financially and for the future.
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If the protective power were withdrawn without consulting them, it would be a matter ofutterdespairto those concerned.
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Therefore, one can see theutterdespairthat those youngsters feel.
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The figures portray a picture ofutterdespair.
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I dare say that they have once again been reduced toutterdespair.
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That is the argument of utter defeatism, ofutterdespairand of utter cynicism.
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There wasutterdespairin the pharmaceutical profession, bearing in mind all the work that had been carried out.
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In this torrid atmosphere, we had no books or any kind of recreation, anticipating in a state ofutterdespairthe manner of our final exit.
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That is the creed ofutterdespair.
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Whichever part of the country we represent, we all have constituents who come to our surgeries inutterdespairabout their problems.
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Tefibi then expressesutterdespairat the prospect of such responsibility.
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The makeshift raft is shown as barely seaworthy as it rides the deep waves, while the men are rendered as broken and inutterdespair.
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Left inutterdespair, he could not even feed his family at times.
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At times, we feel it as a sense of need, or a dissatisfaction that can vary from mild weariness toutterdespair.
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He attacks whatever he considers pointless to exist in order to send humans into a state ofutterdespair.
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Pip pursues her in a frenzy, often tormenting himself to the point ofutterdespair.
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Marianne is thrown intoutterdespair.
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