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despondent

English

Etymology

From Latin despondere (to give up, to abandon).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /d??sp?nd?nt/

Adjective

despondent (comparative more despondent, superlative most despondent)

  1. In low spirits from loss of hope or courage.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sad
    • Thanks to that penny he had just spent so recklessly [on a newspaper] he would pass a happy hour, taken, for once, out of his anxious, despondent, miserable self. It irritated him shrewdly to know that these moments of respite from carking care would not be shared with his poor wife, with careworn, troubled Ellen.

Derived terms

  • despondency

Synonyms

  • crestfallen
  • despairing
  • disconsolate
  • disheartened
  • dejected
  • downcast
  • gloomy
  • heartsick
  • hopeless
  • miserable
  • sad

Antonyms

  • cheerful
  • hopeful

Translations


Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /de?s?pon.dent/, [d?e?s??p?n?d??n?t?]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /des?pon.dent/, [d??s?p?n?d??n?t?]

Verb

d?spondent

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of d?sponde?

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brokenhearted

English

Etymology

broken +? hearted

Adjective

brokenhearted (comparative more brokenhearted, superlative most brokenhearted)

  1. Grieved and disappointed, especially with the loss of a beloved person or thing, such as the repudiation of a romantic relationship.

Translations

See also

  • heartbroken
  • heartbreak
  • heartbreaker
  • break someone's heart

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