English Explanatory Dictionary

despairing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of despair
noun
  1. A mood or display of despair.

Pronunciation

/dɪˈspɛə.ɹɪŋ/ /dɪˈspɛː.ɹɪŋ/ /dɪˈspɛɹ.ɪŋ/ En-despairing.oga /dɪˈspeː.ɹɪŋ/

Word forms

despairing despairings

Etymology

From Middle English despeyringe, equivalent to despair + -ing.

Derived words

despairingly despairingness undespairing
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