About The Word Despond
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Despond
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What's The Definition Of Despond?
[v] lose confidence or hope; become dejected; "The supporters of the Presidential candidate desponded when they learned the early results of the election"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Despond: Related Terms | Find terms related to Despond: abandon hope | become suicidal | brood | despair | despair of | droop | falter | give up | give up hope | give way | hit rock bottom | languish | lose heart | lose hope | plumb the depths | reach the depths | sag | sink | sink into despair | touch bottom | yield to despair See Also | despair Despond In Webster's Dictionary \De*spond"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Desponded}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Desponding}.] [L. despond[=e]re, desponsum, to
promise away, promise in marriage, give up, to lose
(courage); de- + spond[=e]re to promise solemnly. See
{Sponsor}.]
To give up, the will, courage, or spirit; to be thoroughly
disheartened; to lose all courage; to become dispirited or
depressed; to take an unhopeful view.
I should despair, or at least despond. --Scott's
Letters.
Others depress their own minds, [and] despond at the
first difficulty. --Locke.
We wish that . . . desponding patriotism may turn its
eyes hitherward, and be assured that the foundations of
our national power still stand strong. --D. Webster.
Syn: {Despond}, {Dispair}.
Usage: Despair implies a total loss of hope, which despond
does not, at least in every case; yet despondency is
often more lasting than despair, or than desperation,
which impels to violent action.
\De*spond"\ n. Despondency. [Obs.] The slough of despond. --Bunyan. |
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