despond
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intransitive verb \di-ˈspänd\Definition of DESPOND
: to become despondent
Examples of DESPOND
- <we must not despond even though we live in trying times>
Origin of DESPOND
Latin despondēre, from de- + spondēre to promise solemnly — more at spouse
First Known Use: 1655
Related to DESPOND
- Synonyms
- despair
- Antonyms
- brighten, cheer (up), perk (up)
2despond
nounDefinition of DESPOND
Examples of DESPOND
- <he sank into a crushing despond after his wife left him>
- <loss of his job threw him into a deep despond>
First Known Use of DESPOND
1678
Related to DESPOND
- Synonyms
- blue devils, blues, dejection, depression, desolation, sadness, despondence, despondency, disconsolateness, dispiritedness, doldrums, dolefulness, downheartedness, dreariness, dumps, forlornness, gloom, gloominess, glumness, heartsickness, joylessness, melancholy, miserableness, mopes, mournfulness, oppression, sorrowfulness, unhappiness
- Antonyms
- bliss, blissfulness, ecstasy, elatedness, elation, euphoria, exhilaration, exuberance, exultation, felicity, gladness, gladsomeness, happiness, heaven, intoxication, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, jubilation, rapture, rapturousness
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