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单词 despairing
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Definition of despairing in English:

despairing

adjectivedɪˈspɛːrɪŋdəˈspɛrɪŋ
  • Showing the loss of all hope.

    he gave a despairing little shrug
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Charlie collapsed in a chair, giving a despairing little sigh.
    • Dada took its momentum from this fractured, despairing kind of environment.
    • I hear a collective gasp of anguish and witness a row of black-haired heads drop into despairing hands.
    • In such a despairing context, what is the young Palestinian to do?
    • It is now time for local and central government to listen to its despairing critics.
    • She gave no answer to my reproaches, save to gaze at me with a sort of wild, despairing look in her eyes.
    • Coady creates grace in even the most despairing moments.
    • His despairing family thought that he had ceased to live.
    • The adventure had a final despairing twist.
    • On his way to Damascus, Maritain was knocked off his despairing pretensions and turned toward sainthood.
    • From this despairing state Wittgenstein was rescued by two developments.
    • About three of their forwards scrambled the ball past our despairing goalie.
    • It is a bleak, despairing admission.
    • Upon waking, he realized he was in the same frustrated and despairing state once again.
    • Politicians have been warned repeatedly that overpopulated prisons cannot deal adequately with depressed, despairing inmates.
    • Something earth-shaking must have transformed the despairing disciples.
    • This is a darker, more despairing film than the other two.
    • Some people have given up and reached various despairing conclusions.
    • Ironically, the despairing quest of the Solitary has been validated by her Companion.
    • Who would present this groundbreaking initiative to a despairing public?

Derivatives

  • despairingly

  • adverbdɪˈspɛːrɪŋlidəˈspɛrɪŋli
    • One cried despairingly, ‘How can I keep this railroad operating if you take away all my skilled workers?’
      Example sentencesExamples
      • His wife despairingly asks, ‘What is it that you want?’
      • But this socializing is a heavy task,’ he says, a little despairingly.
      • The incomprehensible fact that not everybody's vehicle on planet Earth is powered by this super-efficient waste product of the oil-refining process would doubtless prompt him to shake his head despairingly again.
      • ‘It's just a job,’ he cries despairingly, throwing his arms in the air.

Definition of despairing in US English:

despairing

adjectivedəˈsperiNGdəˈspɛrɪŋ
  • Showing the loss of all hope.

    he gave a despairing little shrug
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Upon waking, he realized he was in the same frustrated and despairing state once again.
    • Coady creates grace in even the most despairing moments.
    • Charlie collapsed in a chair, giving a despairing little sigh.
    • It is now time for local and central government to listen to its despairing critics.
    • It is a bleak, despairing admission.
    • Who would present this groundbreaking initiative to a despairing public?
    • Something earth-shaking must have transformed the despairing disciples.
    • Dada took its momentum from this fractured, despairing kind of environment.
    • I hear a collective gasp of anguish and witness a row of black-haired heads drop into despairing hands.
    • Some people have given up and reached various despairing conclusions.
    • She gave no answer to my reproaches, save to gaze at me with a sort of wild, despairing look in her eyes.
    • Politicians have been warned repeatedly that overpopulated prisons cannot deal adequately with depressed, despairing inmates.
    • This is a darker, more despairing film than the other two.
    • About three of their forwards scrambled the ball past our despairing goalie.
    • Ironically, the despairing quest of the Solitary has been validated by her Companion.
    • From this despairing state Wittgenstein was rescued by two developments.
    • The adventure had a final despairing twist.
    • In such a despairing context, what is the young Palestinian to do?
    • On his way to Damascus, Maritain was knocked off his despairing pretensions and turned toward sainthood.
    • His despairing family thought that he had ceased to live.
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