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dispairing

dispairing is the present participle and gerund of dispair.

Meaning of dispair

Verb

dispair (third-person singular simple present dispairs, present participle dispairing, simple past and past participle dispaired)

  1. (transitive, uncommon) To separate (a pair).
    • Near-synonyms: unpair; decouple, uncouple

Questions about dispairing

What is dispairing the present participle and gerund of?
Dispairing is the present participle and gerund of dispair.

Words near dispairing in the dictionary

  1. dispaced
  2. dispaces
  3. dispacing
  4. dispair
  5. dispaired
  6. dispairing
  7. dispairs
  8. dispalatalization
  9. dispand
  10. dispanded
  11. dispanding

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dispairing (page history and authors); dispair (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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