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despairing

/dɪˈspɛəɹ.ɪŋ/
verb

  1. To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.

  2. To cause to despair.

  3. (often with “of”) To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation.

noun

  1. A mood or display of despair.

adjective

  1. Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless.

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