despondent

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

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

Origin of despondent

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

SYNONYMS FOR despondent

disheartened, downhearted, melancholy, blue.
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See hopeless.

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Words nearby despondent

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

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

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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, noun despondency, noun despondently, adverb