despond
[verb]
Synonyms: despair, give up, mope, brood

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Contrasted words: expect, hope, look
Related Idioms: reach the depths
Related Words: droop, sag, languish

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despond verb & noun. [dɪ'spɒnd] M17.
[Latin despondere give up, resign, abandon, from de- DE- 1 + spondere promise.]
A. verb intrans. Lose heart or hope; become dejected. (Foll. by of.) M17.
b. noun. Despondency. Orig. & chiefly in Slough of Despond, (a bog in Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress representing) a state of despondency. arch. L17.

■ desponder noun (rare) L17.

■ despondingly adverb in a desponding manner, dejectedly M17.

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