Despairing and Fair

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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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Fair is an antonym for despairing.

Nearby Words: despair, despairingly, despaired

Fair adjective - Not stormy or cloudy.

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Despairing is an antonym for fair.

Nearby Words: fairness, fairly, faired, fairground

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

Despairing & Fair. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/despairing/fair>.

Fair or Despairing. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/despairing/fair.

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