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Definition of despairing adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

despairing

adjective
 
/dɪˈspeərɪŋ/
 
/dɪˈsperɪŋ/
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  1. showing or feeling the loss of all hope
    • a despairing cry/look/sigh
    • With every day that passed he became ever more despairing.
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