Despairing and Lively

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Despairing adjective - Feeling or showing no hope.

Usage example: despairing applicants need to be reminded that most students are eventually accepted somewhere

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Lively is an antonym for despairing.

Nearby Words: despair, despairingly, despaired

Lively adjective - Having much high-spirited energy and movement.

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Despairing is an antonym for lively.

Nearby Words: liveliness, liven

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

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

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

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