Despondent meaning

dĭ-spŏndənt
In low spirits from loss of hope or courage.
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Feeling or expressing despondency; dejected.
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The definition of despondent is having the feeling of losing courage or hope.

An example of despondent is a suicidal person; a despondent person.

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Filled with despondency; dejected.
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Origin of despondent

  • From Latin despondere (“to give up, to abandon”).

    From Wiktionary

Despondent Sentence Examples

  • The children, feeling sad and despondent, were about to follow him when the Wizard touched Dorothy softly on her shoulder.

  • I'll give them a few months more before I start to get despondent.

  • Before you get too despondent, though, there's some good news.

  • In his law practice he had disappointed himself and his friends, and he became despondent as to his future.

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