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What is the adjective for despairing?

What's the adjective for despairing? Here's the word you're looking for.

Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb despair which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

despairing
  1. Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Her despairing expression reflected her deep sadness and hopelessness.”
      “After failing the exam for the third time, she was feeling despairing about ever achieving her dream of becoming a doctor.”
despairful
  1. Characterised by despair; hopeless.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The captain went forward interfering rather than assisting. I was alternately despairful and desperate.”
despaired
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