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despondent
What does despondent mean?
despondent (adjective): without or almost without hope.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use despondent in a sentence?
- Despondent about his failure. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce despondent?
/dɪˈspɑndənt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does despondent come from?
From Latin dēspondēns, from the verb despondere (“to give up, to abandon”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to despondent
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “despondent” mean?
not being in a specified place
Not quite: that's what absent means.
liable to or capable of change
Not quite: that's what variable means.
without or almost without hope
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contemptibly narrow in outlook
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