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despairing

 
Adjective despairing has 1 sense
  1. despairing, desperate - arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope; "a despairing view of the world situation"; "the last despairing plea of the condemned criminal"; "a desperate cry for help"; "helpless and desperate--as if at the end of his tether"; "her desperate screams"
    Antonym: hopeful (indirect, via hopeless)
Verb despair has 1 sense
  1. despair - abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart; "Don't despair--help is on the way!"
    Antonyms:
    hope
    Derived forms: noun despair2, noun despair1, noun desperation1, noun desperate1
    Sample sentences:
    Sam and Sue despair
    Sam and Sue despair over the results of the experiment
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