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despond
Synonyms and Antonyms of despond
- He sank into a despond after losing the championship.
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
- Finding a new job rescued him from a deep despond.
slough of despond
cheer, cheerfulness, sunniness
gaiety (also gayety), glee, gleefulness, jollity, joviality, lightheartedness, merriment, mirth, mirthfulness
bliss, blissfulness, ecstasy, elatedness, elation, euphoria, exhilaration, exuberance, exultation, gladness, happiness, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, jubilation, rapture, rapturousness
despond
Synonyms and Antonyms of despond
- We must not despond even though we live in trying times.
lose heart
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