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Synonyms & Antonyms of despond
(Entry 1 of 2)
- he sank into a crushing despond after his wife left him
Synonyms for despond
- 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
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- loss of his job threw him into a deep despond
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- gaiety
- (also gayety),
- glee,
- gleefulness,
- jollity,
- joviality,
- lightheartedness,
- merriment,
- mirth,
- mirthfulness
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verbSynonyms & Antonyms of despond (Entry 2 of 2)
- we must not despond even though we live in trying times
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The first known use of despond was in 1655
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