Despairing
Despairing adjective - Emphasizing or expecting the worst.
Tortured and despairing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tortured" instead an adjective "Despairing".
Tortured
Tortured adjective - Experiencing intense pain especially mental pain.
Despairing and tortured are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Despairing" instead an adjective "Tortured".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- melancholy and despairing
- melancholy and tortured
- woeful and despairing
- woeful and tortured
- sad and despairing
- sad and tortured
- unhappy and despairing
- unhappy and tortured
- wretched and despairing
- wretched and tortured
- suffering and despairing
- suffering and tortured
- sorrowful and despairing
- sorrowful and tortured
Both words in one sentence
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One scene during the Contrast Montage shows a despairing teenaged officer shooting himself in the head after he fulfills a female comrade's request to be shot rather than be captured, raped, and tortured.
Source: Film / Downfall
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