despairing (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *despairing*:
ADJECTIVE	all	despairing, desperate	arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope

despairing > pronunciation
Sounds	dihspeh'rihng
Rhymes	abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng...

English > *despairing*: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning	Arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope.
Examples	"a despairing view of the world situation" "the last despairing plea of the condemned criminal"
Synonym	desperate
Broader	hopeless	Without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success
Spanish	desesperado
Adverbs	despairingly	with desperation

HyperDic: despairing