How Many Syllables Are in Despair

The word Despair has three syllables: de-spair.
Syllable division helps in understanding the word's structure, improving both pronunciation and spelling.
This technique is especially useful for students and language learners who are mastering English phonetics.

Definition of Despair

the complete loss or absence of hope

How should Despair divide into syllables

The first syllable 'de' has a short 'e' vowel sound and a consonant sound 'd'. The second syllable 'spair' has a long 'a' vowel sound and two consonant sounds 's' and 'p'.

Part of Speech - Despair

She felt a deep sense of despair after her dog ran away.

Sentences with Despair

• The boy felt despair when he lost his favorite toy.
• The woman's despair was evident in her tears.
• His despair turned to hope when he found the missing keys.
• The team was filled with despair after losing the championship game.
• The students were in despair when they saw the difficult exam questions.
• The character's despair was a central theme in the book.
• The man's financial despair led him to file for bankruptcy.
• The family's despair was overwhelming after their house burned down.
• The country was in a state of despair after the devastating earthquake.
• The woman's despair over her illness was palpable.

Quotes with Despair

• “Despair is the price one pays for setting oneself an impossible aim.” - Graham Greene
• “There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when we have not yet known what it is to have suffered and be healed, to have despaired and recovered hope.” - George Eliot
• “Despair is the ultimate price of chaos.” - J.G. Ballard
• “Despair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven.” - John Donne
• “Despair is the conclusion of fools.” - Benjamin Disraeli
• “Despair is the path of least resistance.” - William H. Keith Jr.
• “Despair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven.” - John Donne
• “Despair is perfectly compatible with a good dinner, I promise you.” - William Makepeace Thackeray
• “Despair is the price one pays for self-awareness. Look deeply into life, and you'll always find despair.” - Irvin D. Yalom
• “Despair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven.” - John Donne
• “Despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.” - J.R.R. Tolkien
• “Despair is the ultimate form of self-indulgence.” - Tom Robbins
• “Despair is the refuge of fools.” - Alexis de Tocqueville
• “Despair is the constant companion of the clown.” - Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard
• “Despair is the consequence of false expectations.” - Eric Hoffer
• “Despair is the only genuine atheism.” - Jean-Paul Sartre
• “Despair is a narcotic. It lulls the mind into indifference.” - Charlie Chaplin
• “Despair is a lie we tell ourselves that there's no hope left.” - Barack Obama
• “Despair is the raw material of wisdom.” - Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
• “Despair is the enemy of progress.” - Barack Obama

Number of characters in Despair

7 ( d, e, s, p, a, i, r )

Unique letters in Despair

7 ( d, e, s, p, a, i, r )

Despair Backwards

riapsed

How to Pronounce Despair

IPA (International): dɪˈsper

ARA (American): dɪˈspɛr

EPA (English): dɪˈsper

DIH-SPEH-R