despairing

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/dɪˈspɛəɹ.ɪŋ/ English

Definitions

verb

To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
To cause to despair.
(often with “of”) To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation.

noun

A mood or display of despair.

adjective

Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless.

Related words

Synonyms

hopeless desperate bereft distraught dire frantic last-ditch despairful desolate despondent dark-hearted dark darkhearted discouraged downhearted bleak

Associated

despair dive suicide lover inability ballad promises resolve tragedy commit hoping tone

Rhymes

bearing raring caring daring blaring glaring overbearing flaring tearing red herring

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