Despond: alternatives and connections

Exhibiting or requiring spirit and contempt of danger; planned with courage; daring; vigorous.

Having the lower chop or jaw depressed; hence, crestfallen; dejected; dispirited; downcast. See Chapfallen.

With hanging head; hence, dispirited; dejected; cowed.

The act of corrupting or subverting morals. Especially: The act of corrupting or subverting discipline, courage, hope, etc., or the st…

To corrupt or undermine in morals; to destroy or lessen the effect of moral principles on; to render corrupt or untrustworthy in moral…

Pressed or forced down; lowed; sunk; dejected; dispirited; sad; humbled.

Destitute of consolation; deeply dejected and dispirited; hopelessly sad; comfortless; filled with grief; as, a bereaved and disconsol…

Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened.

Depressed in spirits; disheartened; daunted.

To grow weak or faint with disappointment, grief, or like causes; to be dispirited or depressed; to languish; as, her spirits drooped.

To give courage to; to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope; to raise, or to increase, the confidence of; to animate; enhearten; to i…

Destitute of animation; spiritless; disheartened.

To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.

Wanting in courage; depressed by fear; easily discouraged or frightened; cowardly; timorous; dejected.

To become or grow flat, even, depressed dull, vapid, spiritless, or depressed below pitch.

To lose, or lose the right to, by some error, fault, offense, or crime; to render one's self by misdeed liable to be deprived of; to a…

To lose the remembrance of; to let go from the memory; to cease to have in mind; not to think of; also, to lose the power of; to cease…

That strength or firmness of mind which enables a person to encounter danger with coolness and courage, or to bear pain or adversity w…