despairing

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despairing

/dɪˈspɛə.ɹɪŋ/ UK
/dɪˈspɛː.ɹɪŋ/ UK
/dɪˈspɛɹ.ɪŋ/ Canada, US
/dɪˈspeː.ɹɪŋ/ Australia

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From Middle English despeyringe, equivalent to despair + -ing.

adjective

not comparable Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless. He was beginning to forget his burdening, despairing mood of a short while ago.

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of despair

noun despairings

A mood or display of despair. But what things soever passed in him, when he ceased to see it; what ragings and despairings soever Teufelsdröckh's soul was the scene of, he has the goodness to conceal under a quite opaque cover of Silence.

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@misc{despairing_2026,
  title = {despairing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/despairing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}