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despairing

/dɪˈspɛəɹ.ɪŋ/

verb

Meaning

  • To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.

  • To cause to despair.

  • (often with “of”) To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation.

noun

Meaning

  • A mood or display of despair.

adjective

Meaning

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