despairing

Words with a similar base: despairing

'despairing'

[despair.v.01] as in: abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart

Examples:
Don't despair--help is on the way!

'despairing'

[despairing.s.01] as in: arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope

Examples:
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

Origins

					despairing (English)
├── -ing (English)
│   ├── -ing (Middle English (1100-1500))
│   │   └── -ing (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
│   └── -inge (Middle English (1100-1500))
└── despair (English)

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