| despair | (noun) the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well | - |
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| (noun) a state in which all hope is lost or absent | Synonyms: desperation |
| (verb) abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart | - |
| despairing | (adjective) arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope | Synonyms: desperate |
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| despairingly | (adverb) with desperation | Synonyms: despondently |
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| disrepair | (noun) in need of repairs; in need of repair | - |
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| impair | (verb) make worse or less effective | - |
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| (verb) make imperfect | Synonyms: deflower, mar, spoil, vitiate |
| impaired | (adjective) diminished in strength, quality, or utility | - |
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| (adjective) mentally or physically unfit | Synonyms: afflicted |
| impairer | (noun) an agent that impairs | - |
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| impairment | (noun) damage that results in a reduction of strength or quality | - |
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| (noun) the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine) | Synonyms: constipation, deadening, stultification |
| (noun) the occurrence of a change for the worse | Synonyms: damage, harm |
| (noun) the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness | Synonyms: disability, disablement, handicap |
| (noun) a symptom of reduced quality or strength | Synonyms: deterioration |
| pair | (noun) two people considered as a unit | - |
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| (noun) a set of two similar things considered as a unit | Synonyms: brace |
| (noun) a poker hand with 2 cards of the same value | - |
| (noun) two items of the same kind | Synonyms: brace, couple, couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, span, twain, twosome, yoke |
| (verb) engage in sexual intercourse | Synonyms: copulate, couple, mate |
| (verb) bring two objects, ideas, or people together | Synonyms: couple, match, mate, twin |
| (verb) arrange in pairs | Synonyms: geminate |
| (verb) occur in pairs | Synonyms: geminate |
| (verb) form a pair or pairs | Synonyms: couple, pair off, partner off |
| paired | (adjective) of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem | Synonyms: opposite |
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| (adjective) occurring in pairs or as a pair | Synonyms: mated |
| (adjective) matched for breeding | - |
| pairing | (noun) the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes | Synonyms: conjugation, coupling, mating, sexual union, union |
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| (noun) the act of grouping things or people in pairs | - |
| repair | (noun) the act of putting something in working order again | Synonyms: fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparation |
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| (noun) a frequently visited place | Synonyms: hangout, haunt, resort, stamping ground |
| (noun) a formal way of referring to the condition of something | - |
| (verb) give new life or energy to | Synonyms: animate, quicken, reanimate, recreate, renovate, revive, revivify, vivify |
| (verb) restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken | Synonyms: bushel, doctor, fix, furbish up, mend, restore, touch on |
| (verb) set straight or right | Synonyms: amend, rectify, remediate, remedy |
| (verb) move, travel, or proceed toward some place | Synonyms: resort |
| (verb) make amends for; pay compensation for | Synonyms: compensate, indemnify, recompense |
| repairer | (noun) a skilled worker who mends or repairs things | Synonyms: fixer, mender |
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| repairman | (noun) a skilled worker whose job is to repair things | Synonyms: maintenance man, service man |
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| unimpaired | (adjective) not damaged or diminished in any respect | - |
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| unpaired | (adjective) of the remaining member of a pair | Synonyms: odd, unmatched, unmated |
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| unrepaired | (adjective) unserviceable because necessary repairs have not been made | - |
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