Despairing and Encouraging

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Despairing adjective - Emphasizing or expecting the worst.

Usage example: despairing predictions regarding the effects of global overpopulation

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Encouraging is an antonym for despairing.

Nearby Words: despair, despairingly, despaired

Encouraging adjective - Having qualities which inspire hope.

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Despairing is an antonym for encouraging.

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Encouraging and Despairing. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/despairing/encouraging

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