despair
noun
loss of hope; hopelessness.
am despairing
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present progressiveof despair (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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I have painted a beautiful Woman, and am despairing, dying for the Picture.
From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Joseph Addison
I am despairing, signore," said he, in English sufficiently strangulated to be amusing but nevertheless quite comprehensible, "that you and the sweet signorini are to see our lovely Naples under tribulations so very great.
From Aunt Jane's Nieces Abroad by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
