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despond
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Synonyms & Antonyms for despond
Synonyms: Verb
Synonyms: Noun
- blue devils,
- blues,
- dejection,
- depression,
- desolation,
- despondence,
- despondency,
- disconsolateness,
- dispiritedness,
- doldrums,
- dolefulness,
- downheartedness,
- dreariness,
- dumps,
- forlornness,
- gloom,
- gloominess,
- glumness,
- heartsickness,
- joylessness,
- melancholy,
- miserableness,
- mopes,
- mournfulness,
- oppression,
- sadness,
- sorrowfulness,
- unhappiness
Antonyms: Verb
Antonyms: Noun
- 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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The first known use of despond was in 1655
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