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despondent

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de⋅spond⋅ent

  [di-spon-duhnt]
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–adjective
feeling or showing profound hopelessness, dejection, discouragement, or gloom: despondent about failing health.
Origin:
1690–1700; < L dēspondent- (s. of dēspondēns), prp. of dēspondēre. See despond, -ent

Related forms:
de⋅spond⋅ent⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
disheartened, downhearted, melancholy, blue. See hopeless.

Antonyms:
happy, hopeful.
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de·spon·dent   (dĭ-spŏn'dənt)   
adj.  Feeling or expressing despondency; dejected.
de·spon'dent·ly adv.
Synonyms: These adjectives mean being without or almost without hope: despondent about the company's failure; took a despairing view of world politics; a forlorn cause; a hopeless case.
Antonym: hopeful
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