despairing

Definitions of despairing
  1. adjective
    arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope
    “a despairing view of the world situation”
    “the last despairing plea of the condemned criminal”
    synonyms: desperate
    hopeless
    without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success
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