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despondent

[ dih-spon-duhnt ]
/ dɪˈspɒn dənt /
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adjective

feeling or showing profound hopelessness, dejection, discouragement, or gloom: despondent about failing health.

Words related to despondent

morose, forlorn, dejected, sad, glum, discouraged, disheartened, blue, despairing, disconsolate, dispirited, doleful, down, downcast, downhearted, gloomy, hopeless, low, low-spirited, melancholy

Words nearby despondent

despiteous, despoil, despoliation, despond, despondency, despondent, despot, despotic, despotic monarchy, despotism, despumate

Origin of despondent

1690–1700; < Latin dēspondent- (stem of dēspondēns), present participle of dēspondēre. See despond, -ent

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synonym study for despondent

See hopeless.
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British Dictionary definitions for despondent

despondent
/ (dɪˈspɒndənt) /

adjective

downcast or disheartened; lacking hope or courage; dejected

Derived forms of despondent

despondence, noundespondency, noundespondently, adverb
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