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Despairing

/dɪˈspɛəɹ.ɪŋ/

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

📖 Definitions of "Despairing"

verb

1
To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
2
To cause to despair.
3
(often with “of”) To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation.

noun

adjective

2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
desperatenoun	In dire need (of something); having a dire need or desire.
hopeless	Without hope; despairing; not expecting anything positive.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
hopeless	Without hope; despairing; not expecting anything positive.
desperatenoun	In dire need (of something); having a dire need or desire.
bereftnoun	(of a person) Pained by the loss of someone.
distraught	Deeply hurt, saddened, or worried; incapacitated by distress.
direnoun	Requiring action to prevent bad consequences: urgent, pressing.
franticnoun	In a state of panic, worry, frenzy, or rush.
last-ditch	(idiomatic) Final, as a last resort; done in desperation.
despairful	Characterised by despair; hopeless.
desolate	Deserted and devoid of inhabitants.
despondent	In low spirits from loss of hope or courage.
dark-hearted	Malevolent; cold and cruel.
dark	Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.
darkhearted	Malevolent
discouragedverb	Having lost confidence or hope; dejected; disheartened.
downheartedverb	Sad, discouraged, in low spirits, unhappy, having no hope
bleak	Unhappy; cheerless; miserable; emotionally desolate.
desolatory	Causing desolation.
forlorn	Pitifully sad, wretched, miserable; lonely, especially from feeling abandoned, deserted, forsaken.
down-hearted	Alternative form of downhearted. [Sad, discouraged, in low spirits, unhappy, having no hope]
despirited	Synonym of dispirited.