Antonyms for despondent

Grammar : Adj

Spell : dih-spon-duhnt

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈspɒn dənt

Definition of despondent

Origin : 1690s, from Latin despondentem (nominative despondens), present participle of despondere (see despondence). Related: Despondently (1670s).

adj depressed

Example sentences :

"It won't work; you never could do it," objected Dixon, with despondent conviction.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

I cannot honestly say now whether I ever shared this despondent view or not.
Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic

Mournful, despondent, half broken-hearted, she resumed her journey.
Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

With a heavy sigh and a despondent air, Arthur Clennam slowly rose.
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

They fell into a despondent reverie, with their chins in their bosoms.
Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington

But the colonel's despondent look expressed his powerlessness.
Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola

He wandered around the house and lights, gloomy, restless and despondent.
Extract from : « The Woman-Haters » by Joseph C. Lincoln

The ladies at Manor Cross thought that they saw what was coming, and were despondent.
Extract from : « Is He Popenjoy? » by Anthony Trollope

Alice was so despondent over her financial stress, that she knew not what to do.
Extract from : « Oswald Langdon » by Carson Jay Lee

He was, consequently, as despondent as ever his predecessor had been.
Extract from : « The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Henry Martyn Baird

Synonyms for despondent

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