despairing

The message of “The Long Walk” is muddled, at once hopeful and despairing.

Tom marshals their effectiveness to the best of his ability, but never fully surfaces from his despairing funk.

Most of your singing is the “Nebraska” songs, these delicate acoustic songs about despairing characters who have lost hope.

One particularly despairing prankster appealing for penalty-taking to be made part of the English National Curriculum in place of maths lessons, after England were defeated at a major tournament.

Palestinians in Gaza would be "totally despairing, understanding that there is no hope and nothing to look for in Gaza, and will be looking for relocation to begin a new life in other places".