pit of despair
Deep emotional low
A pit of despair is a state of profound hopelessness or depression—the feeling of being trapped at the bottom of something with no way out.
The image suggests emotional depth from which escape seems impossible: After the divorce, she fell into a pit of despair.
The phrase appears in literature and fantasy as both metaphor and literal location.
- pitFruit's hard seed
- oublietteUnderground cell with ceiling hatch
- dead endPassage without outlet
- pitfallHidden danger or drawback
- coldLow temperature state
darkness · dark night of the soul · abyss · infernal · torment · hellfire · ninth circle · Kafkaesque · damnation · perdition · gloom · underworld · trapdoor · chasm · prison · existentialism · chains · Gehenna
- despairhopelessness, desolation, despondency, dejection, anguish
- sadnesssad, unhappy, grief, sorrowful, heartbroken
- secret lairslair, hideout, underground base, hidden chamber, fortress
pit of despaircloud nine
State of extreme elation
seventh heaven · euphoria · ecstasy · elation · rapture
pit of despairpeak
Utmost height attained
summit · pinnacle · mountaintop · zenith · apex
pit of despairlap of luxury
State of extreme comfort
top of the world · paradise · heaven on earth · prime of life · promised land
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