despairing in English dictionary

  • despairing

    Meanings and definitions of "despairing"

    • Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless.
    • Present participle of despair.
    • adjective
      Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless.
    • noun
      A mood or display of despair.
    • verb
      present participle of [i]despair[/i]
    • adjective
      arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope; "a despairing view of the world situation"; "the last despairing plea of the condemned criminal"; "a desperate cry for help"; "helpless and desperate--as if at the end of his tether"; "her desperate screams"

    Synonyms of "despairing" in English dictionary

    desperate, hopeless, desperate are the top synonyms of "despairing" in the English thesaurus.

    • desperate · hopeless
    • desperate

      arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope; "a despairing view of the world situation"; "the last despairing plea of the condemned criminal"; "a desperate cry for help"; "helpless and desperate--as if at the end of his tether"; "her desperate screams"

    Grammar and declension of despairing

    • despairing ( not comparable)
    • despairing (not comparable)
    • despairing (plural despairings)

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