despond

Speech parts

1. despond - Noun

2. despond - Verb

Meaning

To give up, the will, courage, or spirit; to be thoroughly disheartened; to lose all courage; to become dispirited or depressed; to take an unhopeful view.

Despondency.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

despair depression blues surrender sink sorrow dismay melancholy sadness desperation brood lament gloom desolation grieve
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Antonyms

hope confidence optimism mirth exulting giggle
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Hypernyms

despair

Related terms

slough of despond

Derivatives

desponded desponding

Anagrams

Spodden

Examples

The name of the Slough was Despond. John Bunyan

If fortune favors you do not be elated; if she frowns do not despond. Ausonius

Inaction will cause a man to sink into the slough of despond and vanish without a trace. Farley Mowat

The supporters of the Presidential candidate desponded when they learned the early results of the election Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

despoilment Despoina despoliation despondence despondency despondent