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Meaning of Despairing | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
dɪˈspɛəɹ.ɪŋ

Definitions

A mood or display of despair.

Equivalents

العربية اليئس
Esperanto malespera

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C2
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