despairing is a form of:

Despair



noun
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(Complete loss or lack of hope, a thing that causes this, a person or thing causing despair) deep despair ការអស់សង្ឃឹម,
Example: He's the despair of his teachers អ្វីៗដែលធ្វើឱ្យអស់សង្ឃឹម
Example: When the hundredth experiment, resulted in failure, the research staff was in deep despair.
verb
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(INTRANSITIVE) ~ (for something to do something) អស់សង្ឃឹម
  • despair of
    - អស់សង្ឃឹមលើបារម្ភខ្លាំងពី
1.
depression, desperation despondency, discouragement, gloom, hopelessness, pessimism
1.
confidence, elation, hope, optimism