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- DictionaryDe·spond·ent/dəˈspänd(ə)nt/
adjective
- 1. in low spirits from loss of hope or courage: "she grew more and more despondent"
Despondent means feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression. Learn the synonyms, antonyms, examples, and word history of despondent from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
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Despondent definition: feeling or showing profound hopelessness, dejection, discouragement, or gloom. See examples of DESPONDENT used in a sentence.
Despondent means unhappy and with no hope or enthusiasm. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts, see synonyms and examples from the Cambridge English Corpus and other sources.
Despondent means unhappy and with no hope or enthusiasm. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts, see synonyms and examples, and compare it with related words.
If you are despondent, you are discouraged, very sad, and without hope. If you are depressed, you might describe your mood as despondent.
Despondent means feeling or showing no hope after a failure or a loss. Find synonyms, antonyms, and examples of despondent and related words in this online thesaurus.
Despondent means very unhappy because of difficulties that seem impossible to overcome. Learn the word frequency, pronunciation, origin, and usage of despondent in British and American English, with synonyms and examples.
