Despairing - English meaning

Despairing – definitions in English dictionary

adjective
Showing the loss of all hope.
Usage examples:
He gave a despairing little shrug

verb
Lose or be without hope.
Usage examples:
We should not despair
Synonims:
Lose hope Give up hope Abandon hope Give up Lose heart Be discouraged Be despondent Be demoralized Resign oneself Throw in the towel/sponge Quit Surrender Be pessimistic Look on the black sid

adjective
Showing or feeling that there is no hope and that you can do nothing to improve a difficult or worrying situation
Usage examples:
A despairing glance/cry, with every day that passed he became ever more despairing.

Despairing translation into English

Despairing: translate from English into Chinese

绝望的, 绝

Despairing: translate from English into Dutch

Wanhopig

Despairing: translate from English into French

Désespéré

Despairing: translate from English into German

Verzweifelt

Despairing: translate from English into Hindi

निराश, नाउम्मेद होना, निराश होना, आशाहीन होना, आशाहीन हो जाना

Despairing: translate from English into Italian

Disperando, Disperato

Despairing: translate from English into Korean

절망, 절망하다

Despairing: translate from English into Russian

Отчаявшийся, Отчаиваться, Терять надежду

Despairing: translate from English into Spanish

Desesperado, Desesperar, Desesperarse, Perder la esperanza

Word origin

Middle English: the noun via Anglo-Norman French from Old French desespeir ; the verb from Old French desperer, from Latin desperare, from de- ‘down from’ + sperare ‘to hope’.

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Despairing – similar words

despaired

verb
Lose or be without hope.
Usage examples:
We should not despair

noun
The complete loss or absence of hope.
Usage examples:
A voice full of self-hatred and despair

verb
Past simple and past participle of despair
Usage examples:
Don't despair! we'll find a way out!, i despair at/over the policies of this government., they bega…

Despaired - all meanings in English

despair

noun
The complete loss or absence of hope.
Usage examples:
A voice full of self-hatred and despair

verb
Lose or be without hope.
Usage examples:
We should not despair

noun
A feeling of being without hope or of not being able to improve a situation
Usage examples:
A few sad moments doesn’t imply feelings of despair., she flung up her arms in despair and wailed.,…

Despair - all meanings in English

Despairing synonims

give up

phrasal verb
Give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat

phrasal verb
To stop doing or to stop having something
Usage examples:
He gave up jogging after his heart attack., although behind in the chess match, he refused to give …

phrasal verb
To stop trying to do something before you have finished, usually because it is too difficult
Usage examples:
She has a struggle trying to persuade the board to accept her proposal, but she's determined not to…

Give up - all meanings in English

quit

verb
Leave (a place), usually permanently.
Usage examples:
Hippies finally quit two sites in hampshire last night

adjective
Rid of.
Usage examples:
I want to be quit of him

noun
Used in names of various small songbirds found in the caribbean area, e.g. bananaquit, grassquit.
Usage examples:
The grassquit resides in small flocks and likes to use empty bananaquit nests for roosting at night.

Quit - all meanings in English

surrender

verb
Stop resisting to an enemy or opponent and submit to their authority.
Usage examples:
Over 140 rebels surrendered to the authorities

noun
The action of surrendering to an opponent or powerful influence.
Usage examples:
The final surrender of germany on 8 may 1945

verb
Relinquish possession or control over

Surrender - all meanings in English

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