despairing
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Synonyms
bearish, defeatist, downbeat, hopeless, pessimistic
Antonyms
hopeful, optimistic, Panglossian, Pollyanna, Pollyannaish (also Pollyannish), rose-colored, rosy, upbeat
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Centrally positioned around 25 yards out, the Welshman arched a superb bending effort away from the despairing dive of City goalkeeper Ederson and into the top corner - sending the small but raucous Vitality crowd into delirium. — SI.com, "Harry Wilson Shows Liverpool What They Are Missing After Joining Elite Goalscoring Club," 26 Aug. 2019 A few dozen people on Wednesday morning went out looking for people who had posted despairing messages on social media accounts. — Mike Ives, BostonGlobe.com, "Hong Kong protesters take stock after arrests and China’s condemnation," 3 July 2019 As ever, Ulster’s politicians seem incapable of looking beyond a despairing past, blind to any future hope that could be on offer. — K. V. Turley, National Review, "Border Posts and Border Ghosts," 1 July 2019 If Dayan’s mother haunts the book — destructive, passionate and despairing — Lucille cuts through the posturing with reminders of mortality. — Jane Tompkins, latimes.com, "Colin Dayan's 'In the Belly of Her Ghost' exorcises memories of mother after she's gone," 5 June 2019 The uncertainty over the administration’s approach has left global businesses that compete or cooperate with China at turns hopeful and despairing. — Ana Swanson, New York Times, "Businesses Race to Washington to Sway Trump on China Tariffs," 15 May 2018 Japan doubled their lead on 52 minutes when Inui unleashed a thunderbolt shot off his right boot which flew past the despairing Courtois. — Ryland James, chicagotribune.com, "Chadli fires Belgium into World Cup's last eight," 2 July 2018 But Melville finds no role, consoling or otherwise, for religion in his novella, and the despairing futility at its heart was unprecedented in American literature of the time. — James Gardner, WSJ, "Debilitated, But Infinitely Human," 31 Aug. 2018 After receiving the ball in the final third from Koke, the winger had the time to turn, compose and shoot a pin-point shot thunderously past a despairing Neto. — SI.com, "Atletico Madrid 1-0 Valencia: Correa Hits Winner in Tense Top of the Table Clash," 4 Feb. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'despairing.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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