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a despairing look

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  • despairing — de|spair|ing [dıˈspeərıŋ US ˈsper ] adj showing a feeling that you have no hope at all despairing cry/look/sigh etc ▪ She gave me a last despairing look. >despairingly adv …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • despairing — despairingly, adv. /di spair ing/, adj. 1. given to despair or hopelessness. 2. indicating despair: a despairing look. [1585 95; DESPAIR + ING2] Syn. 1. See hopeless. Ant. 1. hopeful. * * * …   Universalium

  • despairing — adjective a despairing look came over his face Syn: hopeless, in despair, dejected, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, gloomy, miserable, wretched, desolate, inconsolable; disheartened, discouraged, demoralized, devastated, suicidal; defeatist …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • despairing — de•spair•ing [[t]dɪˈspɛər ɪŋ[/t]] adj. subject to or indicating despair or hopelessness: a despairing look[/ex] • Etymology: 1585–95 de•spair′ing•ly, adv …   From formal English to slang

  • Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale — Infobox British Royalty|royal name = Prince Albert Victor title = Duke of Clarence and Avondale caption = Photographic Portrait by William and Daniel Downey, 1891 full name = Albert Victor Christian Edward titles = HRH The Duke of Clarence and… …   Wikipedia

  • The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire — The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes . Plot summaryHolmes receives two… …   Wikipedia

  • Naipaul, Sir V.S. — ▪ Trinidadian British writer in full  Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul  born August 17, 1932, Trinidad    Trinidadian writer of Indian descent known for his pessimistic novels set in developing countries. For these revelations of what the… …   Universalium

  • literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …   Universalium

  • English literature — Introduction       the body of written works produced in the English language by inhabitants of the British Isles (including Ireland) from the 7th century to the present day. The major literatures written in English outside the British Isles are… …   Universalium

  • international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …   Universalium

  • despondent — adj Despondent, despairing, desperate, hopeless, forlorn mean having lost all or practically all hope. The same distinctions in implications and connotations are to be found in their corresponding nouns despondency, despair, desperation,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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