despairing

  • 21despairing — /dəˈspɛərɪŋ/ (say duh spairring) adjective 1. given to despair or hopelessness. 2. indicating despair. –despairingly, adverb …

  • 22Preacher of the Despairing — Girolamo Savonarola …

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  • 23Despairingly — Despairing De*spair ing, a. Feeling or expressing despair; hopeless. {De*spair ing*ly}, adv. {De*spair ing*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 24Despairingness — Despairing De*spair ing, a. Feeling or expressing despair; hopeless. {De*spair ing*ly}, adv. {De*spair ing*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 25hopeless — hopelessly, adv. hopelessness, n. /hohp lis/, adj. 1. providing no hope; beyond optimism or hope; desperate: a hopeless case of cancer. 2. without hope; despairing: hopeless grief. 3. impossible to accomplish, solve, resolve, etc.: Balancing my… …

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  • 26hopeless — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Despairing] Syn. despondent, despairing, desperate, forlorn, disconsolate, depressed, dejected, melancholy, pessimistic, cynical; see also sad 1 . 2. [Discouraging] Syn. futile, unfortunate, threatening, bad, sinister,… …

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  • 27despondent — adj Despondent, despairing, desperate, hopeless, forlorn mean having lost all or practically all hope. The same distinctions in implications and connotations are to be found in their corresponding nouns despondency, despair, desperation,… …

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  • 28despondent — adjective Etymology: Latin despondent , despondens, present participle of despondēre Date: circa 1699 feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression < despondent about his health > • despondently adverb …

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  • 29First English Civil War — The First English Civil War (1642–1646) was the first of three wars known as the English Civil War (or Wars ). The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations which took place between Parliamentarians and&#8230; …

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  • 30desperate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. hopeless, incurable; reckless, rash, foolhardy; furious, heroic. See rashness, hopelessness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Hopeless] Syn. despairing, despondent, deSirous, in extremities; see hopeless&#8230; …

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