despairing means feeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 70 out of 100.
Why this word is great
DESPAIRING — [Adjective] Feeling, expressing, or characterized by a complete loss of hope. From Middle English *despeyringe*, equivalent to *despair* (from Anglo-Norman *despeir*, ultimately from Latin *de-* ("without") + *sperare* ("to hope")) + *-ing* (forming the present participle/adjective). Unlike "resigned," which implies a passive folding of the hands, or "hopeless," which coolly describes a circumstance, "despairing" is the emotional weather within that circumstance—a storm of active anguish. It is the raw, hollow ache in the chest, the frantic scrape of fingernails against an unyielding cell wall, or the deliberate, slow-motion release of a precious object into deep water. It is the self, turned into an echo chamber for an unbearable truth.
adj
- Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless.“He was beginning to forget his burdening, despairing mood of a short while ago.”
noun
- A mood or display of despair.“But what things soever passed in him, when he ceased to see it; what ragings and despairings soever Teufelsdröckh's soul was the scene of, he has the goodness to conceal under a quite opaque cover of Silence.”