Thesaurus / despairing
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synonyms for despairing
- grief-stricken
- melancholic
- melancholy
- pessimistic
- suicidal
- blue
- dejected
- depressed
- oppressed
- sunk
- anxious
- at end of one's rope
- brokenhearted
- can't win
- cynical
- desperate
- disconsolate
- downcast
- forlorn
- frantic
- hopeless
- in pain
- in the dumps
- in the pits
- in the soup
- inconsolable
- miserable
- no-win
- not a prayer
- sad
- shot down
- strabilious
- weighed down
- wretched
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Though it doesn’t wrap up with anything close to a happy ending, it’s more galvanizing than it is despairing.
OSCAR-NOMINATED DOCUMENTARY COLLECTIVE IS A GRIPPING STORY OF INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISMSTEPHANIE ZACHAREKMARCH 24, 2021TIMEHe tried the effect of ridicule on the wretched and despairing Louis; and to one of his arguments, he at last extorted a reply.
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTEROn landing, the old prince, trembling from top to toe, with despairing glance clutched the arm of the Governor for protection.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSJOHN FOREMANWhen she could hold a pen in her hand, she sent a despairing letter to Madame Valmonde.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPINHis art brings rest and tranquillity to the wearied and despairing, and she did not speak again until they had reached the house.
THE FIFTH STRING JOHN PHILIP SOUSABeing to leeward, they could hear despairing cries distinctly, and four or five human beings were seen clinging to the side.
THE FLOATING LIGHT OF THE GOODWIN SANDSR.M. BALLANTYNEThis acknowledgment, which might pass for the despairing cry of an innocent man, made his interrogator stare.
THE CIRCULAR STUDYANNA KATHARINE GREENSo might a despairing soul beat against the gates of hell and summon the devil to single combat.
BLACK DIAMONDSMR JKAIThe last word was accompanied with such an outburst of despairing sobs that Frederick turned pale and trembled from head to foot.
THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS: ENVY AND INDOLENCEEUGNE SUESuddenly a shriek of agony, louder and more despairing than the former, was heard a short distance off.
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WORDS RELATED TO DESPAIRING
- at end of one's rope
- back to the wall
- can't win
- dead duck
- despairing
- despondent
- desponding
- downcast
- forlorn
- futile
- gone
- goner
- hard up
- in the soup
- in the toilet
- inconsolable
- irrecoverable
- irremediable
- irretrievable
- no-chance
- no-way
- no-win
- running out of time
- sad
- sunk
- up against it
- up the creek
- useless
- vain
- wretched
- all torn up
- blue
- bummed-out
- cast-down
- dejected
- despairing
- disconsolate
- discouraged
- disheartened
- dispirited
- doleful
- down
- downcast
- downhearted
- forlorn
- gloomy
- glum
- griefstricken
- grieving
- hopeless
- in a blue funk
- in despair
- in the pits
- low
- low-spirited
- melancholy
- miserable
- morose
- mourning
- sad
- shot down
- sorrowful
- woebegone
- wretched
- bad
- black
- blue
- cheerless
- cold
- comfortless
- crestfallen
- crushed
- dark
- dejected
- desolate
- despairing
- destroyed
- dispirited
- distressed
- doleful
- down
- downcast
- downhearted
- dreary
- forlorn
- gloomy
- grief-stricken
- heartbroken
- hopeless
- hurting
- in pain
- in the pits
- inconsolable
- low
- melancholy
- miserable
- ripped
- sad
- somber
- sorrowful
- torn-up
- woebegone
- woeful
- wretched
- abandoned
- alone
- bereft
- blue
- cheerless
- comfortless
- cynical
- defenseless
- depressed
- deserted
- desolate
- despairing
- desperate
- despondent
- destitute
- destroyed
- disconsolate
- down and out
- dragging
- forgotten
- forsaken
- friendless
- fruitless
- futile
- godforsaken
- helpless
- homeless
- in the dumps
- lonely
- lonesome
- lost
- miserable
- oppressed
- pathetic
- pessimistic
- pitiable
- pitiful
- solitary
- tragic
- unhappy
- vain
- weighed down
- woebegone
- wretched
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.