Dictionary

despairing en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /dɪˈspɛə.ɹɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /dɪˈspɛː.ɹɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio
• /dɪˈspɛɹ.ɪŋ/ (Canada, General-American)
• /dɪˈspeː.ɹɪŋ/ (Australia)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless.
   • He was beginning to forget his burdening, despairing mood of a short while ago. 1964, Philip K. Dick, “FOUR”, in Clans of the Alphane Moon, United States: Ace Books, →OCLC; republished London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1996, →ISBN, page 39:

Deriveds

despairingly · undespairing · despairingness

Translations (1)

eo malespera (expressing despair)

despairing en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /dɪˈspɛə.ɹɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /dɪˈspɛː.ɹɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio
• /dɪˈspɛɹ.ɪŋ/ (Canada, General-American)
• /dɪˈspeː.ɹɪŋ/ (Australia)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. 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. 1831, Thomas Carlyle, “Sorrows of Teufelsdröckh”, in Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, 2nd book, page 103:

Forms

Translations (1)

ota قنط (mood or display of despair)

despairing en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /dɪˈspɛə.ɹɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /dɪˈspɛː.ɹɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio
• /dɪˈspɛɹ.ɪŋ/ (Canada, General-American)
• /dɪˈspeː.ɹɪŋ/ (Australia)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of despair
   form of despair