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despairing definition

despairing


 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  despair 
 
  1  sense  of  despair 
 
  Sense  1 
  despair 
  =>  despond 
 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  despair 
 
  1  sense  of  despair 
 
  Sense  1 
  despair 
  =>  despond 
 
  Entailment  of  verb  despair 
 
 
  Synonyms/Hypernyms  (Ordered  by  Frequency)  of  verb  despair 
 
  1  sense  of  despair 
 
  Sense  1 
  despair 
 
  Familiarity  of  verb  despair 
 
  despair  used  as  a  verb  is  very  rare  (polysemy  count  =  1) 
 
  Synonyms  (Grouped  by  Similarity  of  Meaning)  of  verb  despair 
 
  Sense  1 
  despair 
  -------------- 
 
  Overview  of  verb  despair 
 
  The  verb  despair  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  despair  --  (abandon  hope;  give  up  hope;  lose  heart;  "Don't  despair--help  is  on  the  way!") 
 
  Overview  of  adj  despairing 
 
  The  adj  despairing  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  despairing,  desperate  --  (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") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  despairing 
 
  1  sense  of  despairing 
 
  Sense  1 
  despairing,  desperate 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  hopeless)  ->  hopeful 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  despairing 
 
  1  sense  of  despairing 
 
  Sense  1 
  despairing,  desperate 
  =>  hopeless  (vs.  hopeful) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  despairing 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  despairing 
 
  despairing  used  as  an  adjective  is  very  rare  (polysemy  count  =  1) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  despairing 
  despairing 
 
  Overview  of  verb  despair 
 
  The  verb  despair  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  despair  --  (abandon  hope;  give  up  hope;  lose  heart;  "Don't  despair--help  is  on  the  way!") 
 
  Overview  of  adj  despairing 
 
  The  adj  despairing  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  despairing,  desperate  --  (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") 



despairing definition