'Despondent' definitions:
Definition of 'despondent'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Without or almost without hope; "despondent about his failure"; "too heartsick to fight back" [syn: despondent, heartsick]
Definition of 'Despondent'
From: GCIDE
- Despondent \De*spond"ent\, a. [L. despondens, -entis, p. pr. of despond[=e]re.] Marked by despondence; given to despondence; low-spirited; as, a despondent manner; a despondent prisoner. -- {De*spond"ent*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'despondent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affording no hope,
- apathetic,
- bleak,
- blue,
- bowed-down,
- cast down,
- cheerless,
- comfortless,
- dashed,
- dejected,
- depressed,
- despairing,
- desperate,
- desponding,
- disconsolate,
- discouraged,
- disheartened,
- dismal,
- dispirited,
- down,
- downcast,
- downhearted,
- drooping,
- droopy,
- feeling low,
- forlorn,
- grieving,
- grim,
- heartless,
- hopeless,
- hypochondriac,
- hypochondriacal,
- in despair,
- in low spirits,
- in the depths,
- in the doldrums,
- in the dumps,
- languishing,
- low,
- low-spirited,
- melancholy,
- miserable,
- morose,
- mourning,
- pessimistic,
- pining,
- sad,
- sorrowful,
- spiritless,
- subdued,
- suicidal,
- unhappy,
- unhopeful,
- weary of life,
- without hope,
- woebegone,
- world-weary