Synonyms for despondent
dɪˈspɒn dəntde·spon·dent

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1. despondentadjective

   Synonyms:
   sad, downcast, dejected, despairing, disheartened, miserable, gloomy, disconsolate

   Antonyms:
   hopeful, cheerful

2. despondentadjective

   In low spirits from loss of hope or courage.

   Synonyms:
   sad, gloomy, disconsolate, downcast, dejected, disheartened, miserable, despairing

   Antonyms:
   cheerful, hopeful

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1. despondent, heartsickadjective

   without or almost without hope

   "despondent about his failure"; "too heartsick to fight back"

   Synonyms:
   brokenhearted, heartbroken, heartsick

   Antonyms:
   hopeful

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1. extremely sad

   Submitted by anonymous on February 17, 2021  

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1. despondentadjective

   Synonyms:
   dispirited, disheartened, discouraged, dejected, depressed, MELANCHOLY, low-spirited, in low spirits

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1. despondentadjective

   Synonyms:
   disheartened, discouraged, dejected, depressed

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1. List of paraphrases for "despondent":

   depressed, depressor, discouraged, depressive

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How to use despondent in a sentence?

1. Adam Lankford:

   There are several pathways we observe : antisocial individuals who are part of a gang, depressed and despondent persons who are highly distressed over a grievance and believe they have no future, and a small group of persons with severe mental illness that includes delusional thinking, in a workplace shooting, you want to look at the latter two as most likely.

2. Brian Schatz:

   Social media companies have stumbled onto a stubborn, devastating fact, the way to get kids to linger on the platforms and to maximize profit is to upset them — to make them outraged, to make them agitated, to make them scared, to make them vulnerable, to make them feel helpless, anxious [and] despondent.

3. Patty Murphy:

   ( I feel) anger, fury, rage. I feel despondent, helpless, hopeless, frustrated, but also it motivates me. It encourages me to help be a voice for people who can't be a voice and want to say these things, or can't say these things, like teachers.

4. Simon Maelzer:

   The Futex set-up was tough for beginners and many would get despondent and give up, although this is typical of the futures market in general. I didn't even get a salary at all.