despairingly
In utter hopelessness
Despairingly describes doing something in a manner that shows loss of hope or profound discouragement: She looked despairingly at the wreckage of her car.
The word conveys not just sadness but the sense that a situation seems beyond remedy or rescue.
With distrust of sincerity
- gloomilyIn a dejected manner
- bleaklyIn hopeless manner
- fatalisticallyWith inevitable-outcome acceptance
- nihilisticallyDenying inherent meaning
darkly · doubtfully · hopelessly · negatively · defeatist · dismal · grim · joyless
Extreme physical or emotional pain
- tormentSevere prolonged suffering
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- anguishedSeverely emotionally distressed
- heartacheDeep emotional distress
grief · woe · distress · misery · pain · desolation · lamentation · bereavement
Incapable of producing results
- hopelessBeyond possibility of success
- bleakDreary and without cheer
- helplessUnable to act independently
- forlornSad and abandoned
desolate · irredeemable · lost · vain · unavailing · pointless · useless · fruitless
Compressed into fragments
- vanquishedDefeated completely
- beatenHaving lost a contest
- overwhelmedDefeated by sheer volume
- conqueredDefeated and took control
routed · undone · demolished · subdued · broken · demoralized · deflated · humiliated
Ceased resistance formally
- yieldedGave way or produced
- acquiescentAccepting without resistance
- defeatedOvercome in contest
- submissiveReadily yielding to control
capitulated · given up · resigned · wearily · defeatedly · listlessly · passively · numbly
cynically
With distrust of sincerity
- gloomilyIn a dejected manner
- bleaklyIn hopeless manner
- fatalisticallyWith inevitable-outcome acceptance
nihilistically · darkly · doubtfully · hopelessly · negatively · defeatist · dismal · grim · joyless · cheerless
agony
Extreme physical or emotional pain
- tormentSevere prolonged suffering
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- anguishedSeverely emotionally distressed
heartache · grief · woe · distress · misery · pain · desolation · lamentation · bereavement · trauma
futile
Incapable of producing results
- hopelessBeyond possibility of success
- bleakDreary and without cheer
- helplessUnable to act independently
forlorn · desolate · irredeemable · lost · vain · unavailing · pointless · useless · fruitless · impossibly
crushed
Compressed into fragments
- vanquishedDefeated completely
- beatenHaving lost a contest
- overwhelmedDefeated by sheer volume
conquered · routed · undone · demolished · subdued · broken · demoralized · deflated · humiliated · crestfallen
surrendered
Ceased resistance formally
- yieldedGave way or produced
- acquiescentAccepting without resistance
- defeatedOvercome in contest
submissive · capitulated · given up · resigned · wearily · defeatedly · listlessly · passively · numbly · flatly
despairinglyhopefully
With optimistic expectation
optimistically · expectantly · confidently · cheerfully · buoyantly
despairinglyexultantly
With triumphant elation
jubilantly · triumphantly · joyfully · cheerfully · exuberantly