"despairing" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /dɪˈspɛəɹ.ɪŋ/ Audio: En-despairing.oga
Etymology: From Middle English despeyringe, equivalent to despair + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|despeyringe}} Middle English despeyringe, {{suffix|en|despair|ing}} despair + -ing Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} despairing (not comparable)
  1. Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless. Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: despairingly, despairingness, undespairing
    Sense id: en-despairing-en-adj-3YkVvPEn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 29 8 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 64 21 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 74 16 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 83 10 7

Noun

IPA: /dɪˈspɛəɹ.ɪŋ/ Audio: En-despairing.oga Forms: despairings [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English despeyringe, equivalent to despair + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|despeyringe}} Middle English despeyringe, {{suffix|en|despair|ing}} despair + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} despairing (plural despairings)
  1. A mood or display of despair.
    Sense id: en-despairing-en-noun-nB9ITxWQ

Verb

IPA: /dɪˈspɛəɹ.ɪŋ/ Audio: En-despairing.oga
Etymology: From Middle English despeyringe, equivalent to despair + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|despeyringe}} Middle English despeyringe, {{suffix|en|despair|ing}} despair + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} despairing
  1. present participle and gerund of despair Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: despair
    Sense id: en-despairing-en-verb-XRrPAuQH

Inflected forms

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