Despairing
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /dɪˈspɛə.ɹɪŋ/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Despairing is an adjective meaning Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless.
Meaning
Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless.
More Meanings
- present participle and gerund of despair
- A mood or display of despair.
Example Sentences
He was beginning to forget his burdening, despairing mood of a short while ago.
But what things soever passed in him, when he ceased to see it; what ragings and despairings soever Teufelsdröckh's soul was the scene of, he has the goodness to conceal under a quite opaque cover of Silence.
Word Forms
- despairings
Synonyms for despairing
Depending on context, synonyms include desperate, hopeless.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hopeless, desperate, bereft, distraught, dire, frantic.
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