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despairing

[dih-spair-ing]

adjective

  1. given to despair or hopelessness.

    Antonyms:
  2. indicating despair.

    a despairing look.



despairing

/ »åɪˈ²õ±èɛə°ùɪŋ /

adjective

  1. marked by or resulting from despair; hopeless or desperate

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms

  • despairingly adverb
  • undespairing adjective
  • undespairingly adverb
  • »å±ð²õˈ±è²¹¾±°ù¾±²Ô²µ±ô²â adverb
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of despairing1

First recorded in 1585–95; despair + -ing 2
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Teenagers Emmanuel Segura and Jessy Villa said they have spent hours over the past week scrolling through social media and despairing at the seemingly endless stream of videos of people being aggressively detained.

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Palestinians in the territory would be "despairing, understanding that there is no hope and nothing to look for in Gaza, and will be looking for relocation to begin a new life in other places".

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It's a despairing message from a new Labour MP, elected in last year's general election landslide.

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Whitney Sherman, 38, who traveled from Philadelphia to Washington for the protest, said she has been despairing over Democrats, who have largely failed to assemble a coordinated response to Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress.

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But England summoned the knockout blow on the penultimate passage of play as Fin Smith's pop pass put Daly into a hole and the replacement held off a despairing Antoine Dupont to go in.

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What doesÌýdespairing mean?

Despairing is an adjective that describes people who are experiencing despair—complete hopelessness.The word despair is also commonly used as a verb meaning to lose all hope, and despairing comes from the continuous tense (-ing form) of the verb.A despairing person is usually someone who is deeply sad about something that has happened or that hasn’t happened—something usually triggers the despair. This is especially the case in serious and very negative situations that involve finality, such as death or a devastating loss in a political election.It often implies that one is giving up—that they believe there is nothing more to be done to make things better.Despairing can also be used to describe things that involve or show despair, as in a despairing look. Example: The despairing players stared in disbelief at the scoreboard, which showed an insurmountable lead with only minutes left.

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