/ dɪˈspeərɪŋ; NAmE -ˈsper-/ adjective
showing or feeling the loss of all hope :
a despairing cry / look / sigh
With every day that passed he became ever more despairing.
► des·pair·ing·ly adverb :
She looked despairingly at the mess.
/ dɪˈspeərɪŋ; NAmE -ˈsper-/ adjective
showing or feeling the loss of all hope :
a despairing cry / look / sigh
With every day that passed he became ever more despairing.
► des·pair·ing·ly adverb :
She looked despairingly at the mess.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005