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Meaning of despairing

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

despairing

Pronunciation:/dɪˈspɛəɹ.ɪŋ/

verb

Definitions

  1. To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.

  2. To cause to despair.

  3. (often with “of”) To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation.

noun

Definitions

  1. A mood or display of despair.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless.