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
- "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
- all torn up
- blue
- bummed-out
- cast-down
- dejected
- despairing
- disconsolate
- discouraged
- disheartened
- dispirited
- doleful
- down
- downcast
- downhearted
- forlorn
- gloomy
- glum
- griefstricken
- grieving
- hopeless
- in a blue funk
- in despair
- in the pits
- low
- low-spirited
- melancholy
- miserable
- morose
- mourning
- sad
- shot down
- sorrowful
- woebegone
- wretched
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