despairful

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despairful

/dɪˈspɛːfəl/ UK

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From despair + -ful.

adjective more despairful · most despairful

Characterised by despair; hopeless. […] wretches, whose vnhappie cace, / After lost credite and consumed thrift, / At last them driuen hath to this despairefull drift.

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"despairful." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/despairful. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{despairful_2026,
  title = {despairful},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/despairful},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}