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despairing
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
despairing /dɪˈsperɪŋ/ adjective
despairing
/dɪˈsperɪŋ/
adjective
Learner's definition of DESPAIRING
[more despairing; most despairing]
: feeling very sad and without hope : showing or feeling despair绝望的；感到绝望的；没有希望的
- He plays the role of a lonely and despairing [=despondent] widower.他扮演的角色是一个孤独绝望的鳏夫。
- a despairing cry/look绝望的呼叫/神情
— despairingly
adverb- They cried out despairingly.他们绝望地大声喊叫。
despairing
adjective
de·spair·ing di-ˈsper-iŋ 
: given to, arising from, or marked by despair : devoid of hope
Synonyms
Example Sentences
despairing predictions regarding the effects of global overpopulation despairing applicants need to be reminded that most students are eventually accepted somewhere
Recent Examples on the Web Both felt that harm reduction efforts had saved their own lives, and helping others was a source of hope at a time that too often could feel despairing. 
Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2022 The novel’s most humorous events are also its most despairing. Dan Piepenbring, The New Yorker, 16 June 2022 The darkness is deeper and sometimes more despairing this year, but the jokes are just as frequent, and maybe even a bit more cathartic. Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 11 May 2022 Her thoughts grew more despairing during the next few weeks in the hospital and then in the Navy’s psychiatric ward. Melissa Chan, NBC News, 28 Apr. 2022 People who demonstrate tragic optimism suffer the same—and sometimes even more—pain and sorrow in the short term as those who become pessimistic and despairing. Brad Stulberg, Outside Online, 20 Jan. 2021 On July 30, 1932, exactly 6 months before Hitler became chancellor of Germany, Albert Einstein sent a despairing letter to Sigmund Freud. Adam Kuper, WSJ, 6 May 2022 This despairing rhetoric can’t be helping to encourage vaccination. Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic, 19 Apr. 2022 Beyond the research evidence, their gut-level take tells them that young people truly have become more anxious and despairing. Judith Warner, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2022 See More
Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2022 The novel’s most humorous events are also its most despairing. Dan Piepenbring, The New Yorker, 16 June 2022 The darkness is deeper and sometimes more despairing this year, but the jokes are just as frequent, and maybe even a bit more cathartic. Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 11 May 2022 Her thoughts grew more despairing during the next few weeks in the hospital and then in the Navy’s psychiatric ward. Melissa Chan, NBC News, 28 Apr. 2022 People who demonstrate tragic optimism suffer the same—and sometimes even more—pain and sorrow in the short term as those who become pessimistic and despairing. Brad Stulberg, Outside Online, 20 Jan. 2021 On July 30, 1932, exactly 6 months before Hitler became chancellor of Germany, Albert Einstein sent a despairing letter to Sigmund Freud. Adam Kuper, WSJ, 6 May 2022 This despairing rhetoric can’t be helping to encourage vaccination. Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic, 19 Apr. 2022 Beyond the research evidence, their gut-level take tells them that young people truly have become more anxious and despairing. Judith Warner, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
from present participle of despair entry 2
First Known Use
1589, in the meaning defined above
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