Translations for „despairing“ in the English » German Dictionary

des·pair·ing [dɪˈspeərɪŋ, Am -ˈsperɪŋ] ADJ pej

despairing

verzweifelt

despairing

hoffnungslos

despairing attitude

hoffnungslose Einstellung

despairing glance

verzweifelter Blick

I . des·pair [dɪˈspeəʳ, Am -ˈsper] N no pl

despair (feeling of hopelessness):

despair

Verzweiflung f

a sense of despair seems to have settled on the team

es scheint sich eine verzweifelte Stimmung in der Mannschaft auszubreiten

to be in despair about [or over] sth

über etw acc [o. wegen einer S. gen ] verzweifelt sein

to do sth out of despair

etw aus Verzweiflung tun

to drive sb to despair

jdn zur Verzweiflung bringen [o. treiben]

to be filled with despair

voller Verzweiflung sein

to the despair of sb

zu jds Verzweiflung

Phrases:

to be the despair of sb

jds Sorgenkind sein

II . des·pair [dɪˈspeəʳ, Am -ˈsper] VB intr

to despair [at [or over] sth]

[an etw dat ] verzweifeln

to despair of sb/sth

an jdm/etw verzweifeln

to despair of doing sth

die Hoffnung aufgeben, etw zu tun

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

despairing attitude

hoffnungslose Einstellung

despairing glance

verzweifelter Blick

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

And in this despairing vision, neither does anyone else.

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He said the results were gloomy and despairing, and he destroyed them.

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Both are portrayed as poets of dispossession, the voices of a despairing national identity.

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Her biographers are indignant at the imputation that she died despairing.

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When asked why, the waiter says the old man was despairing over nothing, since he has plenty of money.

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While trying to write a report on what happened, the two sane workers are despairing of anyone believing them.

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I always saw funeral processions, coffins, unhappy and despairing people....

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He captures souls who are desiring or despairing to use the misfortune of others to their profit.

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Despairing of life, he ordered his doctor to give to him poison, but the latter gave him only a sleeping draught.

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Despairing of seeing among the bonzes the light for which he was longing, he resolved to leave them.

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