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How to pronounce “despairing”
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Pronunciation guide for despairing
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of despairing with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- David Logan: Tribal leadership 16 minutes
It will be despairing hostility.
- Definition summary
- Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce despairing
David Logan: Tribal leadership 16 minutes

It will be despairing hostility.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “despairing”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless.
- [Verb]
- present participle and gerund of despair
- [Noun]
- A mood or display of despair.
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