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Another word for despairing

Adjective

  1. Having lost all hope

    2. See also:

    hope

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Another word for despairing

Modifier
    2. See also:

    hopeless

    sad

    hopeless

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Sentence Examples

  • I have been despairing at the thought of this.

  • After the despairing cry I looked quickly into the night sky.

  • He glanced down at her with a despairing expression.

  • It was a despairing dive into depression.

  • My despairing thought is, "Who will want me now?"

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