Despondent \De*spond"ent\, a. [L. despondens, -entis, p. pr. of
despond[=e]re.]
Marked by despondence; given to despondence; low-spirited;
as, a despondent manner; a despondent prisoner. --
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
despondent
adj : without or almost without hope; "despondent about his
failure"; "too heartsick to fight back" [syn: heartsick]
WordNet (r) 2.0
57 Moby Thesaurus words for "despondent":
affording no hope, apathetic, bleak, blue, bowed-down, cast down,
cheerless, comfortless, dashed, dejected, depressed, despairing,
desperate, desponding, disconsolate, discouraged, disheartened,
dismal, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, drooping, droopy,
feeling low, forlorn, grieving, grim, heartless, hopeless,
hypochondriac, hypochondriacal, in despair, in low spirits,
in the depths, in the doldrums, in the dumps, languishing, low,
low-spirited, melancholy, miserable, morose, mourning, pessimistic,
pining, sad, sorrowful, spiritless, subdued, suicidal, unhappy,
unhopeful, weary of life, without hope, woebegone, world-weary
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
heartsick
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