despondent
[adjective]
Synonyms: dejected, depressed, disconsolate, disheartened, dispirited, downhearted, glum, in despair, sad, sorrowful

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Antonyms: lighthearted
Contrasted words: cheerful, glad, happy, joyful, joyous, buoyant, elastic, resilient, volatile, hopeful, optimistic
Related Words: grieving, mourning, sorrowful, dejected, depressed, melancholy, sad, disconsolate, dispirited, downcast, woebegone, discouraged, disheartened

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

de‧spon‧dent /dɪˈspɒndənt $ dɪˈspɑːn-/ adjective
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin; Origin: despondere 'to give up, lose hope', from spondere 'to promise']
extremely unhappy and without hope:
Gill had been out of work for a year and was getting very despondent.
despondent about
He was becoming increasingly despondent about the way things were going.
—despondency noun [uncountable]
—despondently adverb

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

despondent
adj.
VERBS be, feel Patients often feel despondent.
become, get, grow His work was rejected again and again, and he grew more and more despondent.
ADV. very | utterly She was feeling utterly despondent.
a bit, pretty, rather, somewhat
PREP. about He had become rather despondent about his lack of progress.

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