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Synonyms for despairing
dɪˈspɛər ɪŋde·spair·ing

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  1. despairing, desperateadjective

    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"

    Synonyms:
    heroic, do-or-die(a), desperate, dire

    Antonyms:
    hopeful

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  1. List of paraphrases for "despairing":

    desperate, hopeless

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How to use despairing in a sentence?

  1. Albert Camus:

    If there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life.

  2. Søren Kierkegaard:

    Boredom is the root of all evil--the despairing refusal to be oneself.


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