Despairing and Vivacious

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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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Vivacious is an antonym for despairing.

Nearby Words: despair, despairingly, despaired

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

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Despairing is an antonym for vivacious.

Nearby Words: vivacity, vivaciously

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

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