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despairing adj.
desperate adj.

ADJECTIVE

despairing

Synonyms

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grief-stricken melancholic melancholy pessimistic suicidal

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blue dejected depressed oppressed sunk

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anxious at end of one's rope brokenhearted 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

Antonyms

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cheerful encouraged happy joyous

WEAK

confident expectant hopeful

ADJECTIVE

desperate

Synonyms

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despondent forlorn futile sad vain

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downcast goner

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at end of one's rope back to the wall dead duck despairing desponding gone hard up in the soup in the toilet inconsolable irrecoverable irremediable irretrievable no chance no-win running out of time sunk up against it up the creek useless wretched

Antonyms

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cheerful happy hopeful joyful

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calm confident content contented satisfactory satisfied secure unworried

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can't win

“We can’t win all the time,” Walter told me this spring.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

When you can’t win on the merits, try a technicality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

It would be foolish to say Susan Collins can’t win again.

From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026

It may not be great for Meta if Facebook and Instagram can’t win users early, but a blanket ban won’t help Meta’s rivals either, Walmsley said.

From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026

I’m ceasing to be interested in games I can’t win.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

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