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What is another word for
despairing
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Adjective
In a state of unhappiness or despondency
Deeply pessimistic about the future or future events
(
of a hope
)
Sincere, but unlikely to be fulfilled
Verb
Present participle for to lose or be without hope
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▲
Adjective
▲
In a state of unhappiness or despondency
dejected
depressed
sad
miserable
downcast
despondent
disconsolate
forlorn
gloomy
melancholy
wretched
blue
heartbroken
inconsolable
melancholic
distressed
disheartened
dismal
discouraged
brokenhearted
desolate
hopeless
demoralised
UK
demoralized
US
anguished
dolorous
pessimistic
devastated
oppressed
desperate
bleak
upset
sorrowing
resigned
pained
defeatist
sunk
weary
suicidal
cynical
anxious
broken-hearted
grief-stricken
down in the dumps
in despair
in pain
in the pits
shot down
in the dumps
weighed down
at end of one's rope
at the end of your tether
long-suffering
nowhere to go
mournful
doleful
unhappy
sorrowful
downhearted
woebegone
down
woeful
crestfallen
glum
heartsick
joyless
sorry
heavyhearted
saddened
morose
cheerless
low
grieving
heartsore
dispirited
down in the mouth
low-spirited
cast down
hangdog
droopy
troubled
sombre
UK
tearful
somber
US
lugubrious
bad
afflicted
agonized
US
heavy-hearted
crushed
sullen
hurting
disappointed
rueful
distraught
tormented
agonised
UK
bitter
weeping
abject
dreary
downbeat
funereal
cut up
comfortless
depressing
mourning
solemn
teary
grim
dolesome
wailing
broken
suffering
bewailing
bemoaning
bereaved
negative
drear
aching
grieved
regretful
long-faced
depressive
tortured
lamentable
hurt
tragic
discouraging
dispiriting
overwhelmed
gutted
unfortunate
weepy
lachrymose
plangent
piteous
funeral
deploring
unnerved
plaintive
dismayed
fed up
in low spirits
bummed out
traumatized
US
black
all torn up
chap-fallen
disheartening
gray
US
distressing
painful
elegiacal
choked
traumatised
UK
grey
UK
dark
angst-ridden
helpless
dire
out of sorts
sick as a parrot
foreboding
morbid
pitiful
lonesome
godforsaken
oppressive
perturbed
lonely
saturnine
cold
elegiac
harrowed
wounded
dolent
sepulchral
dreich
destroyed
downtrodden
heavy with grief
overcome with sorrow
Eeyorish
racked with suffering
in a blue funk
overcome
sick at heart
grave
drab
heartbreaking
gloom-ridden
fatalistic
emotional
bothered
shaken
saddening
tristful
sapped
dim
pitiable
down-hearted
concerned
heartrending
worrying
harassed
devitalized
deflated
harsh
discombobulated
uptight
ruthful
austere
chapfallen
bugged
shook
mirthless
horrid
alarmist
antsy
chilly
heart-rending
shook up
racked with pain
down and out
doomed
unmitigable
murky
tenebrous
tenebrific
darkening
browbeaten
humbled
lamenting
plutonian
pathetic
chill
sunless
daunted
worried
doomy
vexed
agitated
discomposed
disconcerted
ruffled
disquieted
regrettable
bereft
without hope
ominous
spiritless
lorn
Cimmerian
wrecked
discountenanced
flustered
aflutter
plagued
calamitous
cloudy
wistful
dull
up the creek
dragged
dirgeful
beaten
irked
suspicious
distrustful
doubting
haunted
spooked
unenthusiastic
unconsolable
jumpy
persecuted
unglued
racked
bowed down
in tears
in grief
in doldrums
mentally defeated
brassed off
cheesed off
strung out
down-in-the-mouth
singing the blues
let-down
not happy
bummed-out
in a stew
in a tizzy
displeased
fraught
sinister
aggrieved
horrible
doubtful
poor
worthless
disturbed
shattered
atrocious
at wits' end
grumpy
burnt
sore
burned
contused
very sad
luckless
bleeding
affecting
discontented
strained
bummed
sour
hapless
powerless
undermined
griefstricken
damp
defeated
ailing
ripped
down-and-out
repining
unsatisfied
heart-sick
in sorrow
in mourning
discontent
subdued
doom-laden
cast-down
full of sorrow
sorry for yourself
deeply saddened
deeply regretful
very regretful
companionless
on a downer
prostrate with grief
unable to be comforted
beside oneself with grief
unable to be consoled
destitute
careworn
full of despair
torn-up
in the doldrums
drained
thrown
cowed
uninviting
moody
hag-ridden
weakened
listless
mopey
brooding
anxiety-ridden
traumatic
poignant
grievous
moving
distressful
upsetting
unpromising
harrowing
deplorable
hurtful
agonizing
US
terrible
discomposing
agonising
UK
dejecting
heart-wrenching
touching
tear-jerking
disappointing
afflictive
unfavourable
UK
unfavorable
US
unpropitious
inauspicious
disadvantageous
portentous
mortified
pining
disillusioned
dour
taken down
gut-wrenching
pensive
dreadful
crummy
unlucky
let down
ill-starred
jinxed
cursed
disgruntled
stirring
disenchanted
ruinous
uncomfortable
devastating
dysphoric
awful
snakebitten
snakebit
to be pitied
sunk in gloom
unpleasant
appalling
torn up
ill-fated
sulky
star-crossed
hard luck
out of luck
with a long face
disastrous
catastrophic
abashed
cataclysmic
sheepish
shamefaced
enervated
commiserable
flat
ghastly
disturbing
nostalgic
dissatisfied
adust
crabbed
heavy
mopish
squalid
broody
ruined
humorless
US
humourless
UK
forsaken
stricken
frightful
frustrated
discomfited
horrific
extremely saddened
abominable
horrendous
chagrined
miffed
abhorrent
sober
foul
execrable
inferior
lousy
disagreeable
aghast
disquieting
nightmarish
low-down
indigent
scungy
impoverished
displeasing
detestable
rotten
ugly
in the toilet
worsted
vanquished
baulked
UK
objecting
balked
US
heinous
monstrous
down in dumps
colorless
US
colourless
UK
low in spirits
direful
lacklustre
UK
deep
languorous
triste
shadowy
unexciting
blah
uninteresting
uninspiring
boring
monotonous
dingy
lackluster
US
macabre
sad sack
languid
destructive
lifeless
humdrum
churlish
depressant
ashamed
angry
annoyed
cross
tender
sordid
intimidated
reflective
cowering
dreamy
guilty
humiliated
meager
US
tragical
commiserative
emo
conscience-stricken
meagre
UK
guilty-looking
disadvantaged
surly
moping
disconcerting
down in mouth
sick
lowered
bowed
uneasy
taken aback
feel-bad
in a funk
scurvy
intolerable
off
sluggish
dashed
unnerving
discomforting
threnodic
unwelcoming
atrabilious
clouded
dampened
drooping
sagging
mortifying
ticked off
teed off
browned off
peed off
languished
having the blahs
crabby
having blue devils
dirge-like
feeling down
full of gloom
blue funk
looking as if one had lost a pound and found a penny
sobbing
blubbering
heart-breaking
crying
whimpering
infelicitous
trashy
shoddy
filthy
hexed
voodooed
loser
snivelling
UK
beseeching
entreating
imploring
larmoyant
derisory
jonah
maudlin
sniveling
US
poverty-stricken
behind the eightball
down on luck
poor fish
close to tears
hideous
on the verge of tears
in floods of tears
with tears in your eyes
unprosperous
gruesome
grisly
unsuccessful
awkward
burdened
cataclysmal
adverse
serious
ill-omened
in a bad way
weighty
severe
earnest
deadly
forbidding
sobering
shocking
fatal
sedate
urgent
strenuous
dangerous
unamusing
acute
critical
far-reaching
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“Her
despairing
expression reflected her deep sadness and hopelessness.”
Adjective
▲
Deeply pessimistic about the future or future events
pessimistic
hopeless
defeatist
downbeat
bearish
gloomy
despondent
bleak
negative
cynical
fatalistic
gloom-ridden
dejected
melancholy
depressed
dark
glum
demoralized
US
black
lugubrious
discouraged
suspicious
distrustful
resigned
doubting
alarmist
foreboding
demoralised
UK
given to looking on the black side
depressing
cheerless
unfavourable
UK
unfavorable
US
unhappy
dispirited
unhopeful
looking on the dark side
looking on the black side
sad
morose
sullen
downhearted
morbid
troubled
unenthusiastic
misanthropic
worried
doubtful
dismal
miserable
sombre
UK
somber
US
doleful
desolate
forlorn
disconsolate
funereal
wretched
dreary
down
downcast
grim
melancholic
blue
low
saturnine
godforsaken
solemn
comfortless
murky
depressive
sepulchral
drear
gray
US
tenebrous
tenebrific
darkening
cold
plutonian
dire
chill
elegiac
lonesome
sunless
elegiacal
grey
UK
lonely
dreich
Cimmerian
cloudy
brooding
low-spirited
heavy-hearted
down in the dumps
in low spirits
down in the mouth
sunk in gloom
in the doldrums
more ❯
“After failing the exam for the third time, she was feeling
despairing
about ever achieving her dream of becoming a doctor.”
Adjective
▲
(
of a hope
)
Sincere, but unlikely to be fulfilled
pious
vain
desperate
doomed
forlorn
hopeless
lost
unlikely
unrealistic
in vain
unduly optimistic
Verb
▲
Present participle for to lose or be without hope
desponding
faltering
flagging
losing heart
losing hope
giving up hope
abandoning hope
giving in
resigning yourself
having no hope
losing faith
giving up
having heavy heart
plumbing the depths
giving up on
relinquishing hope
looking on the black side
throwing in the sponge
throwing in the towel
becoming demoralized
becoming despondent
losing motivation
seeing no light at the end of the tunnel
seeing the glass as half empty
“We
despair
for the future of all endangered species in this world.”
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