Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

self-despair

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.80 in modern English

Syllables: self--de-spair
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Despair about oneself or one's own actions or behaviour.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Her flame […] soared after some illimitable satisfaction, which would reconcile self-despair with the rapturous consciousness of life beyond self."
"Tripping herself up with sadder and more and more neurotic acts of self-despair."

Etymology

From self- + despair.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: self

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does self-despair mean?: Despair about oneself or one's own actions or behaviour.
Where does self-despair come from?: From self- + despair.

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