Despondent: alternatives and connections

Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing.

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Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing.

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To give up, the will, courage, or spirit; to be thoroughly disheartened; to lose all courage; to become dispirited or depressed; to take an unhopeful…

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To give up, the will, courage, or spirit; to be thoroughly disheartened; to lose all courage; to become dispirited or depressed; to take an unhopeful…

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Despondency.

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Despondency.

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The state of desponding; loss of hope and cessation of effort; discouragement; depression or dejection of the mind.

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The state of desponding; loss of hope and cessation of effort; discouragement; depression or dejection of the mind.

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Sick at heart; extremely depressed in spirits; very despondent.

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Sated; satisfied; weary; tired.

Despondent overlaps with sad, but its tone, intensity or usual context may differ. Check the definition before substituting it.

Sated; satisfied; weary; tired.

Without hope because of sadness or difficulty.