despondent

Speech parts

1. despondent - Adjective

2. despondent - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Marked by despondence; given to despondence; low-spirited; as, a despondent manner; a despondent prisoner.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

heartsick crestfallen sad miserable hopeless gloomy despairing dejected downcast disconsolate disheartened moody down low blue
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Antonyms

cheerful hopeful merry jolly corky crouse
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Phrases with the word

make despondent feel despondent be despondent less despondent more despondent

Examples

One does nothing who tries to console a despondent person with word. A friend is one who aids with deeds at a critical time when deeds are called for. Euripides

Lord Southrop was, of course, eccentric in his views; and you never knew - here the housekeeper, with a despondent head-shake, paused, leaving unspoken the suggestion that a man who did not think or behave like other people might go mad at any moment. Edmund Clerihew Bentley

We've got two very despondent gentlemen, we've got Claire, she will get her 500 rounds of bullshit out and stick it in her AK47 and deafen us all in here. Alan Sugar

Nobody ever grew despondent looking for trouble. Kin Hubbard

If right now our emotional reaction to seeing a certain person or hearing certain news is to fly into a rage or to get despondent or something equally extreme, it's because we have been cultivating that particular habit for a very long time. Pema Chodron

Not to feel exasperated, or defeated, or despondent because your days aren't packed with wise and moral actions. But to get back up when you fail, to celebrate behaving like a human--however imperfectly--and fully embrace the pursuit that you've embarked on. (Hays translation) Marcus Aurelius

Close letter words and terms

despond despondence despondency despondently desponder desponding