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pit of despair

noun

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  1. A feeling of utter dread and that there is absolutely nothing that can be done to improve…

    A feeling of utter dread and that there is absolutely nothing that can be done to improve the situation.

    • He threw behind him the implements of his profession, he walked melancholy home, reflecting on the opportunity he had lost, which threw him into the pit of despair.
    • […] many who are aware at whose cost this accursed cheapness is achieved, and into what a pit of despair these thoughtless economists are plunging the mothers of our working classes.

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