Despairing
Despairing adjective - Feeling or showing no hope.
Usage example: despairing applicants need to be reminded that most students are eventually accepted somewhere
Grieving and despairing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Grieving" instead an adjective "Despairing".
Grieving
Grieving adjective - Expressing or suggesting mourning.
Despairing and grieving are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Despairing" instead an adjective "Grieving".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- melancholy and despairing
- melancholy and grieving
- dismal and despairing
- dismal and grieving
- woeful and despairing
- woeful and grieving
- downcast and despairing
- downcast and grieving
- dejected and despairing
- dejected and grieving
- depressed and despairing
- depressed and grieving
- sad and despairing
- sad and grieving
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Grieving and Despairing. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/despairing/grieving
Despairing & Grieving. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/despairing/grieving>.
Grieving or Despairing. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/despairing/grieving.
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