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 Definitions of despondent  [ɪˈspɒn dənt]  

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Definition of 'despondent' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) despondent
feeling or showing profound hopelessness, dejection, discouragement, or gloom.

Etymology:  (1690–1700; < L dēspondent-, der. of dēspondēre. See despond , -ent)

Definition of 'despondent' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) despondent, heartsick
without or almost without hope
"despondent about his failure"; "too heartsick to fight back"
Definition of 'despondent' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) despondent
marked by despondence; given to despondence; low-spirited; as, a despondent manner; a despondent prisoner
Translation of 'despondent' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: feeling miserable, unhappy, gloomy etc
She was utterly despondent at her failure.
Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: moedeloos, neerslagtig Arabic flag Arabic: مُكْتَئِب، خائِر العَزيمَ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: унил
Brazilian flag Brazilian: desanimado Czech flag Czech: sklíčený, skleslý German flag German: verzagt
Danish flag Danish: fortvivlet; modløs Greek flag Greek: αποκαρδιωμένος, μελαγχολι Spanish flag Spanish: desanimado, desalentado
Estonian flag Estonian: rusutud Farsi flag Farsi: اندوهگین؛ دلمرده Finnish flag Finnish: epätoivoinen
French flag French: découragé Hebrew flag Hebrew: מְדוּכָּא Hindi flag Hindi: आशाहीन
Croatian flag Croatian: očajan, malodušan Hungarian flag Hungarian: csüggedt Indonesian flag Indonesian: sedih
Icelandic flag Icelandic: örvilnaður Italian flag Italian: scoraggiato Japanese flag Japanese: 落胆した
Korean flag Korean: 낙심한 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: nusiminęs Latvian flag Latvian: nomākts; grūtsirdīgs
Malay flag Malay: kecewa Dutch flag Dutch: moedeloos Norwegian flag Norwegian: (helt) fortvilet
Polish flag Polish: przybity Persian flag Persian: اندوهگین؛ دلمرده Pashto flag Pashto: بې زړه كېدل
Portuguese flag Portuguese: desanimado Romanian flag Romanian: deznă­dăjduit Russian flag Russian: подавленный
Slovak flag Slovak: skľúčený Slovenian flag Slovenian: potrt Serbian flag Serbian: utučen
Swedish flag Swedish: förtvivlad, missmodig Thai flag Thai: หมดกำลังใจ Turkish flag Turkish: umutsuz, karamsar
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 沮喪的，洩氣的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: занепалий духом, зневірен Urdu flag Urdu: بد دل ، مایوس
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: chán nản Chinese flag Chinese: 沮丧的，泄气的

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