English Explanatory Dictionary

despondent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. In low spirits from loss of hope or courage.

Pronunciation

/dɪˈspɒndənt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-despondent.wav

Word forms

despondent more despondent most despondent

Etymology

From Latin dēspondēns, from the verb despondere (“to give up, to abandon”).

Synonyms

atrabiliary atrabilious blitheless dispirited blue bummed out chapfallen cheerless chopfallen crestfallen cut up damp dejected depressed despondent disgruntled disconsolate disheartened dismal doleful dolesome down down in the dumps down in the mouth downcast downhearted downsome dull elegiac elegious forlorn gloomy glum grief-stricken grieving heavy-hearted heartsore heartsick inconsolable infelicitous jawfallen joyless lachrymose lamentful low low-spirited lugubrious lumpish melancholic melancholy miserable moody mopey morose mournful passionate plaintive Plutonian Plutonic querulous

Antonyms

cheerful hopeful

Derived words

despondency despondently undespondent
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