Despairing Synonyms and Antonyms

dĭ-spârĭng
Having lost all hope
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. desperate
  2. despondent
  3. forlorn
  4. hopeless
Antonyms:
  1. hopeful
  2. expectant
  3. confident
  4. encouraged
Despairing
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. miserable
Abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. surrendering
  2. paining
  3. glooming
  4. burdening
Antonyms:
  1. hoping
  2. anticipating
  3. expecting

Despairing Sentence Examples

  • I have been despairingat the thought of this.

  • After the despairingcry I looked quickly into the night sky.

  • He glanced down at her with a despairing expression.

  • It was a despairingdive into depression.

  • My despairingthought is, "Who will want me now?"

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