despairingly

Adverb

Meaning

with desperation

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

sadly desperately gloomily abjectly dismally glumly desolately mournfully sullenly abandonedly unwantedly despondently

Antonyms

proudly confidently keenly insistently shallowly yearningly

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Phrases with the word

despairingly hoping for

Examples

More often than not, nothingness is reluctantly and despairingly taken to be the only hypothesis possible when all the others have failed, since by definition it cannot be disproven and is beyond the scope of reason. Georges Bernanos

`Why can't you understand?,' she asked despairingly Source: Internet

He was at her bedside to the end, which came August 6, when Wilson despairingly said "Oh my God, what am I to do." Source: Internet

Lovingly to hope all things is the opposite of despairingly to hope nothing at all. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

despairfully despairfulness despairing despairingly hoping for despairingness despam