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Uncommondespairing
The correct spelling is despairing.
How to pronounce despairing
/dɪˈspɛəɹ.ɪŋ/
verbIPA: /dɪˈspɛəɹ.ɪŋ/
Say it like: Des-pay-rin-g
The correct spelling is despairing. To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
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Meanings
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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