despairing
/dɪˈspɛɹ.ɪŋ/ noun C2- A mood or display of despair.
Plural despairings
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A despairing cry escaped the pale lips of Mercédès; the old man sank into a chair.
“Didn’t you know water would be the end of me?” asked the Witch, in a wailing, despairing voice.
Anne had slid to the floor in despairing obedience.
She gave no answer to my reproaches, save to gaze at me with a sort of wild, despairing look in her eyes.
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