despondent
adjective/dɪˈspɒndənt/
/dɪˈspɑːndənt/
- sad, without much hope synonym dejected
- There are times when it is hard not to feel despondent.
- despondent about/over something She was becoming increasingly despondent about the way things were going.
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsc2- He is increasingly despondent over losing his family.
- His work was rejected again and again, and he grew more and more despondent.
- Patients often feel despondent.
- She was feeling utterly despondent.
- It was a pretty despondent group that sat around the fire at the end of the day.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- become
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- about
- over
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