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undespairing

undespairing adjective: not despairing.

Adjective

undespairing (comparative more undespairing, superlative most undespairing)

  1. Not despairing.
    • Whatever may have been his thoughts, the undespairing Norman grappled with his troubles in the usual way.1898, Mary Hartwell Catherwood, Heroes of the Middle West

Forms of undespairing

comparativemore undespairing
superlativemost undespairing

Origin of undespairing

From un- + despairing.

Words formed from undespairing

Questions about undespairing

What does undespairing mean?
Undespairing means not despairing.
What part of speech is undespairing?
Undespairing is an adjective.

Words near undespairing in the dictionary

  1. undesirous
  2. undesirously
  3. undesirousness
  4. undesisting
  5. undesked
  6. undespairing
  7. undespairingly
  8. undespatched
  9. undesperate
  10. undespicable
  11. undespised

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