Word: despairing
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: de
spair
ing
Definition: Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless.
Morphemes:
Affix: despair
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: des-
Language: fro
Decoded: des-
Meaning: dis-
Affix: esperer
Language: fro
Decoded: esperer
Meaning: hope
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form uncountable nouns from verbs denoting the act of doing something, an action.