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MIA6 Posted 20 years ago
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Who knows the difference between "desperate" and "despairing"? Thanks for replying!
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Despairing is an emotional state. The person who is despairing feels that their situation is unsolvable, and they are depressed and give up hope. Desperate is when someone is in great need of something, and may do anything to get it.
- Despairing is an emotional state.
- The person who is despairing feels that their situation is unsolvable, and they are depressed and give up hope.
- Desperate is when someone is in great need of something, and may do anything to get it.
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Despairing is an emotional state. The person who is despairing feels that their situation is unsolvable, and they are depressed and give up hope.
Desperate is when someone is in great need of something, and may do anything to get it.
Desperate is when someone is in great need of something, and may do anything to get it.
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As adjectives, they are largely similar in some of their usage (they are e.g. both synonyms with "despondent"). However, "desperate" is more general in its application:
de·spair·ing
Characterized by or resulting from despair; hopeless. See Synonyms at
despondent.
des·per·ate
1. Having lost all hope; despairing.
2. Marked by, arising from, or sho
de·spair·ing
Characterized by or resulting from despair; hopeless. See Synonyms at
despondent.
des·per·ate
1. Having lost all hope; despairing.
2. Marked by, arising from, or sho
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