despondent

Adjective
US[dih-spon-duhnt]/dɪˈspɑndənt/3 syllables
Synonyms: heartsick

Open English WordNet

Adjective (1)

  1. without or almost without hope“despondent about his failure”“too heartsick to fight back”Synonyms: heartsickOpposite hopefulSimilar hopeless

Related words despondence noun, despondency noun, despond verb

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

De·spond′ent adjective

Origin: L. despondens, -entis, p. pr. of despondēre.

Marked by despondence; given to despondence; low-spirited; as, a despondent manner; a despondent prisoner. — De·spond′wb-a1′>′ent·ly, adverb

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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