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Despair vs Despairing - What's the difference?

despair | despairing |

As verbs the difference between despair and despairing

is that despair is to give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of while despairing is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between despair and despairing

is that despair is loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency while despairing is a mood or display of despair.

As an adjective despairing is

feeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless.

despair

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (obsolete) To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
  • * Milton
    • I would not despair the greatest design that could be attempted.
  • (obsolete) To cause to despair.
  • To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation.
  • * Bible, 2 Corinthians i. 8
    • We despaired even of life.

    Noun

  • Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
    • He turned around in despair , aware that he was not going to survive
  • That which is despaired of.

    • Synonyms

    * desperation * despondency * hopelessness

    Anagrams

    * aspired * diapers * praised

    despairing

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mood or display of despair.
  • * (Thomas Carlyle)
    • But what things soever passed in him, when he ceased to see it; what ragings and despairings soever Teufelsdrockh's soul was the scene of, he has the goodness to conceal under a quite opaque cover of Silence.