What does despairing mean?

despairing means "arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope".

How many syllables are in despairing?

despairing has 3 syllables: de-spair-ing. The stress falls on "spair". In IPA it is /dɪˈspɛɹɪŋ/.

What is another word for despairing?

Close synonyms include desperate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is despairing a common word?

despairing is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with despairing?

2 words rhyme with despairing. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

despairing — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
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”
Synonymsdesperate
Similarhopeless

Questions about despairing

What does despairing mean?: despairing means "arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope".
How many syllables are in despairing?: despairing has 3 syllables: de-spair-ing. The stress falls on "spair". In IPA it is /dɪˈspɛɹɪŋ/.

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