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despairing

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de·spair·ing  (d-spârng)
adj.
Characterized by or resulting from despair; hopeless. See Synonyms at despondent.

de·spairing·ly adv.

despairing [dɪˈspɛərɪŋ]
adj
marked by or resulting from despair; hopeless or desperate
despairingly  adv
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Adj.1.despairing - 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"
hopeless - without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success; "in an agony of hopeless grief"; "with a hopeless sigh he sat down"

despairing
adjective hopeless, desperate, depressed, anxious, miserable, frantic, dismal, suicidal, melancholy, dejected, broken-hearted, despondent, downcast, grief-stricken, wretched, disconsolate, inconsolable, down in the dumps (informal), at the end of your tether a despairing middle-aged woman who fell in love with a younger man
Translations
despairing [dɪsˈpɛərɪŋ] ADJ [look, sigh] → de desesperación; [parent, sufferer] → desesperado
despairing
adj, despairingly
advverzweifelt
despairing [dɪsˈpɛərɪŋ] adjdisperato/a


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The set-back to their hopes made them despairing and desperate.
She was always watching for black and shiny and spirited horses - watching, hoping, despairing, hoping again; always giving chase and sounding her call, upon the meagrest chance of a response, and breaking her heart over the disappointment; always inquiring, always interested in sales-stables and horse accumulations in general.
I submitted; and, with a countenance as expressive as I was able to make it of dejected and despairing constancy, came out of the room.
 
 
 
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