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Meaning of self-despair | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

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

uncountable

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

self-destroyer self-destruction self-destructive self-destructively self-destructiveness self-determination