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Synonyms of despairing in English:

despairing


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adjective

1‘her mother gave me a despairing look’

SYNONYMS
hopeless, desperate, anguished, distressed, broken-hearted, heartbroken, grief-stricken, inconsolable, sorrowing, suicidal, in despair
dejected, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, gloomy, melancholy, miserable, wretched, desolate, forlorn
disheartened, discouraged, demoralized, devastated, downcast, resigned, defeatist, pessimistic
literary dolorous
ANTONYMS

cheerful, optimistic