despairing

despairing
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; plaintive, woeful, woebegone, rueful, sorrowful, dolorous, funereal; discouraged, disheartened, daunted, intimidated; concerned, worried, anxious.
2. desperate, yielding, giving up, grasping at straws; reckless, rash, impetuous, foolhardy, harebrained; incautious, imprudent, injudicious; dangerous, risky, hazardous, daring, bold; frantic, mad, violent, wild, passionate, frenzied.

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  • despairing — despairing; un·despairing; …   English syllables

  • Despairing — De*spair ing, a. Feeling or expressing despair; hopeless. {De*spair ing*ly}, adv. {De*spair ing*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • despairing — index despondent, disconsolate, pessimistic Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • despairing — adj hopeless, desperate, *despondent, forlorn Analogous words: melancholy, *me!anchoIic, atrabilious: pessimistic, misanthropic, *cynical: depressed, weighed down (see DEPRESS) Antonyms: hopeful Contrasted words: optimistic, roseate, rose colored …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • despairing — [adj] upset, despondent anxious, at end of one’s rope*, blue, brokenhearted, can’t win*, cynical, dejected, depressed, desperate, disconsolate, downcast, forlorn, frantic, griefstricken, hopeless, inconsolable, in pain*, in the dumps*, in the… …   New thesaurus

  • despairing — [di sper′iŋ] adj. feeling or showing despair; hopeless SYN. HOPELESS despairingly adv …   English World dictionary

  • despairing — de|spair|ing [dıˈspeərıŋ US ˈsper ] adj showing a feeling that you have no hope at all despairing cry/look/sigh etc ▪ She gave me a last despairing look. >despairingly adv …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • despairing — adjective arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope (Freq. 3) 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… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Despairing — Despair De*spair , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Despaired}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Despairing}.] [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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • despairing — despairingly, adv. /di spair ing/, adj. 1. given to despair or hopelessness. 2. indicating despair: a despairing look. [1585 95; DESPAIR + ING2] Syn. 1. See hopeless. Ant. 1. hopeful. * * * …   Universalium

  • despairing — adjective showing a feeling of despair: He raised his eyes in a despairing gesture. despairingly adverb: Don was shaking his head despairingly …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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