The meaning of Despairing

Despairing – definition

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…

All meanings and translations of Despaired

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.,…

All meanings and translations of Despair

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…

All meanings and translations of Give up

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.

All meanings and translations of Quit

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

All meanings and translations of Surrender

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