despairing
61Desperation — Des per*a tion, n. [L. desperatio: cf. OF. desperation.] 1. The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of hope. [1913 Webster] This desperation of success chills all our industry. Hammond. [1913 Webster] 2. A state of despair, or… …
62Hopeless — Hope less, a. 1. Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing. [1913 Webster] I am a woman, friendless, hopeless. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate; as, a hopeless cause.… …
63Hopelessly — Hopeless Hope less, a. 1. Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing. [1913 Webster] I am a woman, friendless, hopeless. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate; as, a hopeless… …
64Hopelessness — Hopeless Hope less, a. 1. Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing. [1913 Webster] I am a woman, friendless, hopeless. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate; as, a hopeless… …
65Miser — Mi ser (m[imac] z[ e]r), n. [L. miser wretched, miserable; cf. Gr. mi^sos hate, misei^n to hate: cf. It. & Sp. misero wretched, avaricious.] [1913 Webster] 1. A wretched person; a person afflicted by any great misfortune. [Obs.] Spenser. [1913… …
66Spent — (sp[e^]nt), a. 1. Exhausted; worn out; having lost energy or motive force. [1913 Webster] Now thou seest me Spent, overpowered, despairing of success. Addison. [1913 Webster] Heaps of spent arrows fall and strew the ground. Dryden. [1913 Webster] …
67Spent ball — Spent Spent (sp[e^]nt), a. 1. Exhausted; worn out; having lost energy or motive force. [1913 Webster] Now thou seest me Spent, overpowered, despairing of success. Addison. [1913 Webster] Heaps of spent arrows fall and strew the ground. Dryden.… …
68hopeless — adjective Date: 1534 1. a. having no expectation of good or success ; despairing b. not susceptible to remedy or cure c. incapable of redemption or improvement 2. a. giving no ground for hope ; desperate b. incapable of solution, management, or… …
69despairingly — adverb see despairing …
70Alaric I — ( Alareiks in the original Gothic; Alarik or Alarich in modern Germanic languages; Alaricus in Latin; and Alarico in Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish), was likely born about 370 on an island named Peuce (the Fir) at the mouth of the Danube. He… …
