despondent

C2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /dɪˈspɑːndənt/ UK /dɪˈspɒndənt/ See IPA manual

Freq #38391

Meanings

1

adj
without or almost without hope

I was despondent about the failure.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · without or almost without hope heartsick

More sad chapfallen crestfallen dejected disconsolate unhopeful brokenhearted despairful downcast melancholic

Opposites

cheerful hopeful ebullient buoyant jubilant sanguine

Word family

Forms despondently

Related forms despondency

Etymology

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

Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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