Related Words for despairing

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desperate
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Adjective, Adjective
hopeless
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Adjective, Adjective
disconsolate
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Adjective
despondent
x/x
Adjective
forlorn
x/
Adjective
dejected
x/x
Adjective
distraught
x/
Adjective
sorrowful
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Adjective
pitying
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Noun
mournful
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Adjective
dispiriting
x/xx
Adjective
crestfallen
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Adjective
doleful
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Adjective
embittered
x/x
Adjective
discontented
xx/x
Adjective
wretched
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Adjective
bleak
/
Adjective
exasperating
x/xxx
Adjective
glum
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Noun
melancholy
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Noun
dejection
x/x
Noun
morose
x/
Adjective
panicking
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Noun
disbelieving
xx/x
Verb
unhappy
x/x
Adjective
depressing
x/x
Adjective
fearful
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Adjective
pitiable
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Adjective
bewildered
x/x
Verb
pessimistic
xx/x
Adjective
downcast
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Adjective
uncomprehending
x/x/x
Adjective
fretful
/x
Adjective
gloomy
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Adjective
exulting
x/x
Verb
sullen
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Adjective
tearful
/x
Adjective
wistful
/x
Adjective
despondency
x/xx
Noun
frustrated
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Adjective
weary
/x
Adjective
lamenting
x/x
Verb
disquieting
x/xx
Adjective
regretful
x/x
Adjective
pessimism
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Noun
angry
/x
Adjective
miserable
/xxx
Adjective
sobbing
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Noun
lugubrious
x/xx
Adjective
exultant
x/x
Adjective
dismal
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Adjective
jubilant
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Adjective
pained
/
Verb
impassioned
x/x
Adjective
sneering
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Verb
agonised
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Adjective
helplessness
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Noun
grim
/
Adjective
heartbroken
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Adjective
agonized
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Adjective
nihilistic
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Adjective
consoling
x/x
Adjective
discouraging
x/xx
Adjective
dour
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Noun
listless
/x
Adjective
cringing
/x
Noun
exultation
x//x
Noun
disdainful
x/x
Adjective
sorrowing
/xx
Noun
piteous
/xx
Adjective
wailing
/x
Noun
frantic
/x
Adjective
beseeching
x/x
Verb
melancholic
xx/x
Adjective
desperation
xx/x
Noun
fatalistic
xx/x
Adjective
scornful
/x
Adjective
triumphant
x/x
Adjective
tormented
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Adjective
faltering
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Adjective
indifferent
x/x
Adjective
agony
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Noun
aimless
/x
Adjective
imploring
x/x
Noun
delirious
x/xx
Adjective
demoralizing
x/xxx
Adjective
troubled
/x
Adjective
trembling
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Verb
whimpering
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Verb
quavering
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Adjective
querulous
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Adjective
abject
/x
Adjective
bemused
x/
Adjective
disheartening
x/xx
Adjective
depressive
x/x
Adjective
dark
/
Adjective
disappointing
xx/x
Adjective
dismayed
x/
Verb
dissatisfied
x/xx
Verb
woeful
/x
Adjective
unfulfilled
xx/
Adjective
sick at heart
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Phrase, Adjective
waste
/
Noun
lamentable
x/xx
Adjective
shattered
/x
Adjective
rueful
/x
Adjective
luckless
/x
Adjective
joyless
/x
Adjective
pathetic
x/x
Adjective
done
/
Verb
deplorable
x/xx
Adjective
damp
/
Adjective
futile
/x
Adjective
down in the dumps
/xx/
Phrase, Adjective
dire
/
Adjective
done for
//
Phrase, Adjective
disastrous
x/x
Adjective
dystopian
//xx
Adjective
hapless
/x
Adjective
doomed
/
Verb
conclusion
x/x
Noun
moment
/x
Noun
sound
/
Noun
tone
/
Noun
question
/x
Noun
period
/xx
Noun
time
/
Noun
frightful
/x
Adjective
shrieks
/
Noun
wretches
/x
Noun
gesture
/x
Noun
perplexed
x/
Verb
hoping
/x
Verb
apathy
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Noun
apprehensions
xx/x
Noun
arid
/x
Adjective
barren
/x
Adjective, Noun
bereft
x/
Adjective
calmer
/x
Noun
cease
/
Verb, Noun
cheerful
/x
Adjective
cheery
/x
Adjective
doubting
/x
Noun
fears
/
Noun
fiery
/xx
Adjective
forebodings
x/x
Noun
groan
/
Noun, Verb
hopeful
/x
Adjective, Noun
joyful
/x
Adjective
moans
/
Noun, Verb
near
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
peevish
/x
Adjective, Adverb
remorseful
x/x
Adjective
shakes
/
Noun
stony
/x
Noun, Adjective
thoughts
/
Adjective
tragic
/x
Adjective, Noun
upset
x/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
shirtless
/x
Adjective
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
die
/
Verb, Noun
stonewall
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Name, Verb, Adjective