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despairing - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'despairing' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Despairing [ a.]
- Feeling or expressing despair; hopeless.
2 . Despairing [ p. pr. & vb. n.]
- of Despair

Meaning of 'despairing' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . despairing [ s]
Meaning (1):
- arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope
Example in sentence:
  • a despairing view of the world situation;
  • a desperate cry for help;
  • helpless and desperate--as if at the end of his tether;
  • her desperate screams;
  • the last despairing plea of the condemned criminal

Nearby Words:

descant descanted descanter descanting descend descendant descended descendent descender descendibility

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