Collocations for despair - noun

black, bleak, deep | complete, total, utter

feel | drive sb to
The novel tells the story of a teenager driven to despair by the hypocrisy of the adult world.

in ~
Robert shook his head in despair.

of ~
She let out a cry of despair.

with ~
He cried out with despair.

~ at
I felt despair at being deceived.

the depths of despair
When he became ill he sank to the depths of despair.

in a moment of despair, a feeling/sense of despair
I was overcome with a feeling of utter despair.