Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

compare and despair

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.73 in modern English

Syllables: com-pare and de-spair
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To distress oneself by comparing one's own situation with that of others who seem more successful.

Example Sentences

"We are now on a path, a pilgrimage, a journey, an adventure, and we must now begin to pay more attention. Look at the signs guiding you, look at those who ambush you, even the weather of your own moods defines whether you succeed or not. One of the other damaging evils we do to ourselves is compare and despair ourselves and our careers against other people. “Oh, look at her! She had connections! She was always the favorite! I'm not there yet!”"
"Thanks to social media, the opportunity to compare and despair is only ever a click away. We can instantly see what we haven't got and the places we haven't been invited to."

Inflected Forms

compares and despairs (present, singular) comparing and despairing (participle, present) compared and despaired (participle, past) compared and despaired (past)

Questions

What does compare and despair mean?: To distress oneself by comparing one's own situation with that of others who seem more successful.

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