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despairings

despairings is the plural of despairing.

Meaning of despairing

Noun

despairing (plural despairings)

  1. A mood or display of despair.
    • But what things soever passed in him, when he ceased to see it; what ragings and despairings soever Teufelsdröckh's soul was the scene of, he has the goodness to conceal under a quite opaque cover of Silence.1831, Thomas Carlyle, “Sorrows of Teufelsdröckh”, in Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, 2nd book, page 103

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Questions about despairings

What is despairings the plural of?
Despairings is the plural of despairing.

Words near despairings in the dictionary

  1. despairfully
  2. despairfulness
  3. despairing
  4. despairingly
  5. despairingness
  6. despairings
  7. despairs
  8. despam
  9. despammed
  10. despammer
  11. despammers

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