US /dɪˈspɑːndənt/ UK /dɪˈspɒndənt/
adj Freq #38391

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    without or almost without hope

    I was despondent about the failure.

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Forms despondently
Related forms despondency

Etymology

From Latin dēspondēns, from the verb despondere (“to give up, to abandon”).

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