feeling of despair
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffeelinganddespair
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feeling
noun
uk/ˈfiː.lɪŋ/us/ˈfiː.lɪŋ/
the fact of feeling ...
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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 offeelinganddespairfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The misery andfeelingofdespairthat comes with a disabling environment has been clearly shown by several studies.
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A better system of post-school provision would help to reduce that alienation and the all-too-prevalentfeelingofdespairamongst our youngsters.
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It is no wonder that a certainfeelingofdespairhas obtained and no further representations have been made.
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There is afeelingofdespair, that there is nothing that they can do to help themselves.
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Afeelingofdespairis coming over dealers about the future course of trading.
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It is true to say that afeelingofdespairis permeating the whole of our industrial areas.
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Afeelingofdespairis creeping over the cotton industry.
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The public and those who work in transport industries have an increasingfeelingofdespair.
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There is stagnation in the economy ; there is afeelingofdespairamong the workpeople, a hopelessness at not being able to obtain employment.
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One can so easily create afeelingofdespair, hopelessness and impossibilism on the part of the civil population.
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One could see thefeelingofdespaircreep over them.
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That small debt of gratitude was more than outweighed by afeelingofdespairand anger.
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Thefeelingofdespairand despondency in my constituency is not unique—it is shared by most constituencies in the north-east.
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I conclude my remarks in afeelingofdespair.
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It engenders great bitterness and sometimes afeelingofdespairand betrayal.
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However, as one goes to meetings and sees constituents, one finds afeelingofdespair.
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It brings about afeelingofdespairand of no hope for the future.
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If we are to tackle thatfeelingofdespairand exclusion, it will take a good deal more than a wide-ranging public inquiry.
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There is afeelingofdespair.
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Unfortunately, those moderates are often not very articulate, but there is afeelingofdespairand fatalism among them in the present situation which is dangerous.
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