Word: despairings
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: de
spai
rings
Definition: Plural of despairing; abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart
Morphemes:
Affix: despair
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation.
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.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).