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despondent
[ dih-spon-duhnt ]
adjective
- feeling or showing profound hopelessness, dejection, discouragement, or gloom:
despondent about failing health.
Synonyms: blue, melancholy, downhearted
despondent
/ dɪˈspɒndənt /
adjective
- downcast or disheartened; lacking hope or courage; dejected
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Derived Forms
- deˈspondence, noun
- deˈspondency, noun
- deˈspondently, adverb
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Other Words From
- de·spondent·ly adverb
- prede·spondent adjective
- quasi-de·spondent adjective
- quasi-de·spondent·ly adverb
- unde·spondent adjective
- unde·spondent·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of despondent1
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Synonym Study
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Example Sentences
It is all too easy to be despondent in the face of what seems like the endless capacity of evil to reinvent itself.
Many were despondent or even suicidal when they first arrived.
Despondent, she choked back sobs when she saw other women with babies.
But I was still despondent, desperate to salvage every positive experience from a relationship that had run its course.
Despondent at first, Tanny gradually reached a level of acceptance.
Her tone was despondent, her face was drawn and blanched, and her eyes gave evidence of weeping.
So inert, despondent, and lethargic a moment before, he now seemed full to overflowing of life and animation.
"Oh, Mr. Meadows, that is too far for the naked eye to see," was the despondent reply.
He would have been despondent, but his soldier's training had taught him that no situation is hopeless as long as life lasts.
The poor boy grew morose and despondent, giving way at times to spells of the deepest depression.
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