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Despairing

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Characterized by or resulting from despair; hopeless. See Synonyms at despondent.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless.

v. Present participle of despair.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Feeling or expressing despair; hopeless.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Prone to despair or lose hope: as, a despairing disposition.

Characterized by or indicating despair: as, a despairing cry.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope

Word Usage

"Tenderfeet, with ten pounds of Colt's revolvers, cartridges, and hunting-knives belted about them, wandered valiantly up the trail, and crept back softly, shedding revolvers, cartridges, and knives in despairing showers."

Equivalent

hopeless

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

hopeless depressed

Verb Stem

despair

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Baring Behring Bering airing baring