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despairing

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore D words

showing loss of all hope

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Despairing in a sentence

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The despairing note in her voice was new; for years she had insisted the project could still be saved.

Synonyms
hopelessdisconsolatedesolate
Antonyms
hopefuloptimisticsanguine

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The new intern was so blank that she completed in two days a backlog her predecessor had let pile up for weeks.

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Questions about “despairing”

Despairing (adjective) means showing loss of all hope
Here is despairing used in an example sentence: "The despairing note in her voice was new; for years she had insisted the project could still be saved."
Common synonyms for despairing include hopeless, disconsolate, desolate.
Antonyms of despairing include hopeful, optimistic, sanguine.
Despairing is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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