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▪ I. despairing, vbl. n.|dɪˈspɛərɪŋ|
[f. despair v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb; = despair n.
1375Barbour Bruce iii. 194 Throw mekill disconforting Men fallis off in-to disparyng. 1633P. Fletcher Pisc. Ecl. iii. xv. 17 My wants..me in despairing drown. 1749G. Lavington Enthus. Meth. & Papists (1820) 23 Derelictions, terrors, despairings.
▪ II. deˈspairing, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That despairs, or ceases to hope; hopeless, desperate. (Of persons, or of actions, conditions, etc.)
1591Shakes. Two Gent. iii. i. 247 Hope is a louers staffe, walke hence with that, And manage it against despairing thoughts. 1697Dryden Virg. Past. viii. 1 The mournful Muse of two despairing Swains. 1718Freethinker No. 88. 229 This Despairing Lover stood on the Bank. 1818Shelley Rev. Islam ii. xlii, I will pour For the despairing..reason's mighty lore. 1884J. M. Granville in Times 17 Apr., The physician..gives a despairing opinion. |