despairing
adjective
[ dɪˈspɛːrɪŋ ]
• showing the loss of all hope.
• "he gave a despairing little shrug"
despair
verb
• lose or be without hope.
• "we should not despair"
Similar:
lose hope,
give up hope,
abandon hope,
give up,
lose heart,
be discouraged,
be despondent,
be demoralized,
resign oneself,
throw in the towel/sponge,
quit,
surrender,
be pessimistic,
look on the black side,
despond,
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,
dolorous,
Origin:
Middle English: the noun via Anglo-Norman French from Old French desespeir ; the verb from Old French desperer, from Latin desperare, from de- ‘down from’ + sperare ‘to hope’.
