All despairing synonyms
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D d adj despairing
- upset — to overturn: to upset a pitcher of milk.
- melancholic — disposed to or affected with melancholy; gloomy.
- grief-stricken — overwhelmed by grief; deeply afflicted or sorrowful.
- melancholy — sober thoughtfulness; pensiveness.
- suicidal — pertaining to, involving, or suggesting suicide.
- pessimistic — pertaining to or characterized by pessimism or the tendency to expect only bad outcomes; gloomy; joyless; unhopeful: His pessimistic outlook kept him from applying for jobs for which he was perfectly qualified.
- depressed — If you are depressed, you are sad and feel that you cannot enjoy anything, because your situation is so difficult and unpleasant.
- dejected — If you are dejected, you feel miserable or unhappy, especially because you have just been disappointed by something.
- blue — Something that is blue is the colour of the sky on a sunny day.
- oppressed — to burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power: a people oppressed by totalitarianism.
- sunk — a simple past tense and past participle of sink.
- anxious — If you are anxious to do something or anxious that something should happen, you very much want to do it or very much want it to happen.
- brokenhearted — Someone who is brokenhearted is very sad and upset because they have had a serious disappointment.
- cynical — If you describe someone as cynical, you mean they believe that people always act selfishly.
- desperate — If you are desperate, you are in such a bad situation that you are willing to try anything to change it.
- disconsolate — without consolation or solace; hopelessly unhappy; inconsolable: Loss of her pet dog made her disconsolate.
- downcast — directed downward, as the eyes.
- forlorn — desolate or dreary; unhappy or miserable, as in feeling, condition, or appearance.
- frantic — desperate or wild with excitement, passion, fear, pain, etc.; frenzied.
- hopeless — providing no hope; beyond optimism or hope; desperate: a hopeless case of cancer.
- inconsolable — not able to be comforted or consoled; disconsolate: She was inconsolable when her son died.
- miserable — wretchedly unhappy, uneasy, or uncomfortable: miserable victims of war.
- sad — Systems Analysis Definition
- wretched — very unfortunate in condition or circumstances; miserable; pitiable.
- in the dumps — a depressed state of mind (usually preceded by in the): to be in the dumps over money problems.
- in the soup — a liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, or vegetables with various added ingredients.
- no-win — denoting a condition in which one cannot benefit, succeed, or win: a no-win situation; a no-win war.
adjective despairing
- desolate — A desolate place is empty of people and lacking in comfort.
- pained — hurt; injured.
- despondent — If you are despondent, you are very unhappy because you have been experiencing difficulties that you think you will not be able to overcome.
- weary — physically or mentally exhausted by hard work, exertion, strain, etc.; fatigued; tired: weary eyes; a weary brain.
- long-suffering — enduring injury, trouble, or provocation long and patiently.
- bleak — If a situation is bleak, it is bad, and seems unlikely to improve.