Words Like DESPAIRING

We have put together a list of words that are similar to DESPAIRING.

2 Alternative Words Similar to despairing

1 Desperate Adjective      Synonym Words Like Desperate
2 Hopeless Adjective      Similar Words Like Hopeless

4 examples of despairing

1 her desperate screams
2 a desperate cry for help
3 helpless and desperate--as if at the end of his tether
4 the last despairing plea of the condemned criminal

7 definitions of despairing

1 Feeling or expressing despair; hopeless.
2 arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope
3 Characterized by or resulting from despair; hopeless. See Synonyms at despondent.
4 Prone to despair or lose hope: as, a despairing disposition.
5 Characterized by or indicating despair: as, a despairing cry.
6 Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless.
7 Present participle of despair.
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