despairing Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart
    despair.
    • Don't despair--help is on the way!
  2. adjective satellite arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope
    desperate.
    • 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

WordNet


De*spair"ing adjective
Definitions
  1. Feeling or expressing despair; hopeless. -- De*spair"ing*ly, adv. -- De*spair"ing*ness, n.

Webster 1913