despairing
adjective
given to despair or hopelessness.
despairingly
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a word derived from
despairing.
Example Sentences
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And to create this air of discomfort, Fennell crafted a movie that darts from hopeful to despairingly bleak in the blink of an eye.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
“You’ve quarreled with everyone,” Wilde’s old friend Frank Harris once despairingly informed Douglas, adding that “you have the most imperious temper I’ve ever met.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
"We have no place to stay, 90% of the houses are destroyed," one father told us despairingly as he picked his way through the new piles of rubble.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2024
“Welcome to life, ladies,” the more cultivated Morgana despairingly tells them.
From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2022
“But I’ve already been to the clinic four times,” my mother said despairingly.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
