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单词 despairing
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despairingn.

/dɪˈspɛːrɪŋ/
Etymology: < despair v. + -ing suffix1.
The action of the verb; = despair n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > [noun] > loss of hope
desperance?c1225
wanhopinga1300
despairc1325
desperationc1366
desespeirc1374
desesperancec1374
despairing1489
desperateness1581
despairfulness1888
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) iii. 194 Throw mekill disconforting Men fallis oft in-to disparyng.
1633 P. Fletcher Piscatorie Eclogs iii. xv. 17 in Purple Island My wants..me in despairing drown.
1749 G. Lavington Enthusiasm Methodists & Papists: Pt. I 34 Derelictions, terrors, despairings.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

despairingadj.

Etymology: formed as despair v. + -ing suffix2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: deˈspairing.
That despairs, or ceases to hope; hopeless, desperate. (Of persons, or of actions, conditions, etc.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > [adjective]
ormodeOE
ortroweOE
aerwenec1275
wanlessa1300
desesperatc1384
despairedc1400
wanhopelyc1425
lornc1475
desperate1483
wanhope1549
hopelost1570
despairfula1586
forlorn1603
despairinga1616
hopelessa1616
unhopinga1628
lost1709
au désespoir1766
unanticipative1847
unhopeful1850
a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iii. i. 246 Hope is a louers staffe, walke hence with that And manage it, against despairing thoughts. View more context for this quotation
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals viii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 35 The mournful Muse of two despairing Swains.
1719 Free-thinker No. 88. 1 This Despairing Lover stood on the Bank.
1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna ii. xlii. 53 I..will pour For the despairing..reason's mighty lore.
1884 J. M. Granville in Times 17 Apr. The physician..gives a despairing opinion.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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