despairing, desperate
(adjective) arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope; “a despairing view of the world situation”; “the last despairing plea of the condemned criminal”; “a desperate cry for help”; “helpless and desperate--as if at the end of his tether”; “her desperate screams”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
despairing (not comparable)
Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless.
despairing
present participle of despair
despairing (plural despairings)
A mood or display of despair.
• depairings, diaperings, spinigrade
Source: Wiktionary
De*spair"ing, a.
Definition: Feeling or expressing despair; hopeless.
– De*spair"ing*ly, adv.
– De*spair"ing*ness, n.
De*spair", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Despaired; p. pr. & vb. n. Despairing.] Etym: [OE. despeiren, dispeiren, OF. desperer, fr. L. desperare; de- + sperare to hope; akin to spes hope, and perh. to spatium space, E. space, speed; cf. OF. espeir hope, F. espoir. Cf. Prosper, Desperate.]
Definition: To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation; -- often with of. We despaired even of life. 2 Cor. i. 8. Never despair of God's blessings here. Wake.
Syn.
– See Despond.
De*spair", v. t.
1. To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of. [Obs.] I would not despair the greatest design that could be attempted. Milton.
2. To cause to despair. [Obs.] Sir W. Williams.
De*spair", n. Etym: [Cf. OF. despoir, fr. desperer.]
1. Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency. We in dark dreams are tossing to and fro, Pine with regret, or sicken with despair. Keble. Before he [Bunyan] was ten, his sports were interrupted by fits of remorse and despair. Macaulay.
2. That which is despaired of. "The mere despair of surgery he cures." Shak.
Syn.
– Desperation; despondency; hopelessness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 June 2025
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