despairer
One who surrenders
A despairer is someone who despairs—who has lost hope or given way to hopelessness.
The word is rare and literary: He was not a despairer by nature, but the news broke him.
It names the person rather than the state, emphasizing despair as a characteristic or role rather than a passing emotion.
One who grieves
- suffererOne who endures hardship
- pessimistOne expecting negative outcomes
- fatalistBeliever in predetermined outcomes
- cynicDoubter of good intentions
nihilist · defeatist · melancholic · worrier · doubter · brooder
State without hope
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- desolationState of complete emptiness
- miseryIntense prolonged distress
- wretchednessExtreme unhappiness or distress
torment · suffering · bleakness · emptiness · sorrow · grief · heartache · melancholy
Expecting unfavorable outcomes
- fatalismDoctrine of inevitable outcomes
- nihilismRejection of objective meaning
- defeatismAcceptance of inevitable failure
- cynicismDistrust of human sincerity
negativity · resignation · disillusionment · skepticism · doubt · distrust · misanthropy · weltschmerz
Lacking ability to cope
- powerlessnessInability to affect outcomes
- impotenceLack of strength or power
- futilityLack of purpose
- uselessnessLack of practical value
incurability · inevitability · inescapability · entrapment · paralysis · stagnation · surrender · capitulation
mourner
One who grieves
- suffererOne who endures hardship
- pessimistOne expecting negative outcomes
- fatalistBeliever in predetermined outcomes
cynic · nihilist · defeatist · melancholic · worrier · doubter · brooder
hopelessness
State without hope
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- desolationState of complete emptiness
- miseryIntense prolonged distress
wretchedness · torment · suffering · bleakness · emptiness · sorrow · grief · heartache · melancholy · despondency
pessimism
Expecting unfavorable outcomes
- fatalismDoctrine of inevitable outcomes
- nihilismRejection of objective meaning
- defeatismAcceptance of inevitable failure
cynicism · negativity · resignation · disillusionment · skepticism · doubt · distrust · misanthropy · weltschmerz · hopeless
helplessness
Lacking ability to cope
- powerlessnessInability to affect outcomes
- impotenceLack of strength or power
- futilityLack of purpose
uselessness · incurability · inevitability · inescapability · entrapment · paralysis · stagnation · surrender · capitulation · giving up
despaireroptimist
Habitually hopeful person
rejoicer · enthusiast · celebrant · exuberant · merry-maker
- pit of despairState of profound hopelessness
- deep despair
- romantic despairAnguish over failed love
- existential despairAnguish at life's meaninglessness
- climate despairHopelessness about environmental collapse
- compare and despairJudging yourself against others negatively