despairing
11despairing — adjective showing a feeling of despair: He raised his eyes in a despairing gesture. despairingly adverb: Don was shaking his head despairingly …
12despairing — adjective a despairing look came over his face Syn: hopeless, in despair, dejected, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, gloomy, miserable, wretched, desolate, inconsolable; disheartened, discouraged, demoralized, devastated, suicidal; defeatist …
13despairing — de•spair•ing [[t]dɪˈspɛər ɪŋ[/t]] adj. subject to or indicating despair or hopelessness: a despairing look[/ex] • Etymology: 1585–95 de•spair′ing•ly, adv …
14despairing — adjective Date: 1589 given to, arising from, or marked by despair ; devoid of hope Synonyms: see despondent • despairingly adverb …
15despairing — adjective Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless …
16despairing — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. hopeless, despondent, miserable; see hopeless 1 , sad 1 . See Synonym Study at hopeless . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Having lost all hope: desperate, despondent, forlorn, hopeless. See HOPE …
17despairing — de|spair|ing [ dı sperıŋ ] adjective feeling that a situation is so bad that nothing you can do will change it ╾ de|spair|ing|ly adverb …
18despairing — de spair·ing || eÉ™rɪŋ adj. hopeless, despondent de·spair || dɪ speÉ™ n. hopelessness, loss of hope v. lose hope, be without hope …
19despairing — adj 1. despondent, disconsolate, inconsolable, comfortless, suicidal; dejected, depressed, melancholy, forlorn, downcast, Inf. down; wretched, miserable, broken hearted, heartbroken; grieving, sorrowing, lamenting; grief stricken, cheerless, sad; …
20despairing — UK [dɪˈspeərɪŋ] / US [dɪˈsperɪŋ] adjective feeling that a situation is so bad that nothing you can do will change it Derived word: despairingly adverb …
