What does DESPAIRING mean?

Definitions for DESPAIRING
dɪˈspɛər ɪŋde·spair·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. despairing, desperateadjective

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. despairingadjective

    Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless.

ChatGPT

  1. despairing

    Despairing refers to losing or being without hope, showing a state of complete despondency or feeling of extreme discouragement. It typically signifies a profound sense of hopelessness, pessimism, dejection, or defeat.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Despairing

    of Despair

  2. Despairingadjective

    feeling or expressing despair; hopeless

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of DESPAIRING in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of DESPAIRING in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of DESPAIRING in a Sentence

  1. Søren Kierkegaard:

    Boredom is the root of all evil--the despairing refusal to be oneself.

  2. Albert Camus:

    If there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life.

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