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despairing
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
despairing
(adjective)
despair
(verb)
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despairing
/dɪ
ˈ
sperɪŋ/
adjective
despairing
/dɪ
ˈ
sperɪŋ/
adjective
Learner's definition of DESPAIRING
[
more despairing; most despairing
]
:
feeling very sad and without hope
:
showing or feeling despair
He plays the role of a lonely and
despairing
[=
despondent
] widower.
a
despairing
cry/look
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— despairingly
adverb
They cried out
despairingly
.
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