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despairing
adjective
(de-spair-ing)
arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope
Synonyms:
desperate
,
Examples:
A despairing view of the world situation.
The last despairing plea of the condemned criminal.
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hopeless
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distraught
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frantic
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dire
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bereft
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last-ditch
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despondent
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helpless
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anguished
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forlorn
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dispirited
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disconsolate
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bewildered
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aimless
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doleful
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dejected
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morose
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tormented
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abject
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haplessly
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stoical
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disbelievingly
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maddened
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bemused
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invitingly
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fretful
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agonizingly
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dispossessed
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fatalistic
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reproachful
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sullen
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sorrowful
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piteously
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disillusioned
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jaded
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rasping
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hopelessly
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querulous
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exasperated
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despondency
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desolation
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bleak
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pitying
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rueful
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feckless
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fizzing
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luckless
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fuddled
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ghosted
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desolately
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tamely
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nervy
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ineffectually
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unseeing
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tremulous
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melancholy
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sublime
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wretched
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abjection
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tiredly
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dithery
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wordsworthian
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mawkishly
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calamitous
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embittered
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agony
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heartsore
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harried
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benumbed
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acute angle
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unaffecting
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nihilistic
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careworn
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lugubrious
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plaintively
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dozy
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wayward
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artless
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inarticulately
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maudlin
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melancholic
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dolorous
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uncomprehending
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agonized
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cynical
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futureless
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benighted
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unconvincing
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diffident
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coolly
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wearied
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lonely
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exultant
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dour
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seething
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frustrated
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frightened
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threnody
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desperation
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despairing
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