Despondent
adjective
Feeling or showing extreme discouragement or depression.
After the team lost the match, the players were despondent.
Often appears as...
- despondent look
- feel despondent
adjective
Feeling or showing extreme discouragement or depression.
After the team lost the match, the players were despondent.
Often appears as...
- despondent look
- feel despondent
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Intensity Matters
Despondent expresses a very strong feeling of hopelessness, more intense than just being sad or upset.
He felt despondent when he realized his pet was missing.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary State
Use despondent to describe a temporary state of deep despair, not a person's general character.
After hearing the bad news, she became despondent for days.
Pro Tip 3/3Non-physical Appearance
Despondent is often used to describe someone's emotional appearance, observed through their behavior or expressions.
His despondent gaze revealed his inner turmoil.
Pro Tip 1/3Intensity Matters
Despondent expresses a very strong feeling of hopelessness, more intense than just being sad or upset.
He felt despondent when he realized his pet was missing.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary State
Use despondent to describe a temporary state of deep despair, not a person's general character.
After hearing the bad news, she became despondent for days.
Pro Tip 3/3Non-physical Appearance
Despondent is often used to describe someone's emotional appearance, observed through their behavior or expressions.
His despondent gaze revealed his inner turmoil.
Pro Tip 1/3Intensity Matters
Despondent expresses a very strong feeling of hopelessness, more intense than just being sad or upset.
He felt despondent when he realized his pet was missing.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary State
Use despondent to describe a temporary state of deep despair, not a person's general character.
After hearing the bad news, she became despondent for days.
Pro Tip 3/3Non-physical Appearance
Despondent is often used to describe someone's emotional appearance, observed through their behavior or expressions.
His despondent gaze revealed his inner turmoil.
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crestfallendejecteddemoralizedespairdiscouragedisheartendowncastforlornhopelessmiserable
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getting quite um despondent as to whether we were going to see this behavior and then the scientists bob and john i heard them shout and they said killer whales get the whales and and we knew we were with a group so the only way we were ever going to be able to keep up with these guys is if we
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So this woman, this boy's mother installed this latrine in a few hours. Her entire life, she'd been using the banana field behind, but she installed the latrine in a few hours. It cost nothing. It's going to save that boy's life. So when I get despondent about the state of sanitation,
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Rufus Griscom and Alisa...
until your first child goes to college. So I'm sitting here looking at the next two decades of my life, this chasm of happiness that we're driving our proverbial convertible straight into. We were despondent. So you can imagine, I mean again, the first few months were difficult,
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Killer Whales Working...
exciting to be there we've been out down there about a week maybe eight days we were getting quite um despondent as to whether we were going to see this behavior and then the scientists bob and john i heard them shout and they said killer whales get the whales and and we
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U.S. Crushes 6 Tons of...
weighs tons to be able to move that you have to be a powerful player and you have to have government connections follow the money it's basic basic law enforcement and in very rare cases is anybody doing it and it's easy to feel really despondent we are witnessing a
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Is life meaningless? And...
Battling tuberculosis in France and confronting the war's devastation as a resistance journalist, Camus grew despondent. He couldn’t fathom any meaning behind all this endless bloodshed and suffering. He if the world was meaningless,
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despondent about his prospects for today I know that feeling that he can use his charm and exceedingly nice personality a
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ONE HOUR Of Amazing...
getting quite um despondent as to whether we were going to see this behavior and then the scientists bob and john i heard them shout and they said killer whales get the whales and and we knew we were with a group so the only way we were ever going to be able to keep up with these guys is if we
Video examples
Rose George: Let's talk...
So this woman, this boy's mother installed this latrine in a few hours. Her entire life, she'd been using the banana field behind, but she installed the latrine in a few hours. It cost nothing. It's going to save that boy's life. So when I get despondent about the state of sanitation,
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Reimagining Dinosaurs PIPE...
would have retained that posture from the juveniles of their ancestors in this case mass despondent so that's that's why one of the reasons for which understanding how dionysus grows actually really really important and when it came to the eggs i really like the story about the eggs
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Rufus Griscom and Alisa...
until your first child goes to college. So I'm sitting here looking at the next two decades of my life, this chasm of happiness that we're driving our proverbial convertible straight into. We were despondent. So you can imagine, I mean again, the first few months were difficult,
Video examples
Killer Whales Working...
exciting to be there we've been out down there about a week maybe eight days we were getting quite um despondent as to whether we were going to see this behavior and then the scientists bob and john i heard them shout and they said killer whales get the whales and and we
Video examples
U.S. Crushes 6 Tons of...
weighs tons to be able to move that you have to be a powerful player and you have to have government connections follow the money it's basic basic law enforcement and in very rare cases is anybody doing it and it's easy to feel really despondent we are witnessing a
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This tool will help...
He asks the young man to consider a commander lying to his troops to boost their morale. Before long, Euthydemus is despondent. It seems that every answer leads to further problems, and perhaps he’s not quite sure what constitutes justice after all.
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Is life meaningless? And...
Battling tuberculosis in France and confronting the war's devastation as a resistance journalist, Camus grew despondent. He couldn’t fathom any meaning behind all this endless bloodshed and suffering. He if the world was meaningless,
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Windows of the Soul: My...
was despondent so he let me work and this is the actually azure Austrian tradition pre-islamic tradition that Iranians still observe naruse numbers is
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Safari Live - Day 257 PIPE...
despondent about his prospects for today I know that feeling that he can use his charm and exceedingly nice personality a
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Sergei Polunin
In the beginning, I was very passionate about it, I loved it. It wasn't until I actually reached the top that I became despondent. I felt like I was betrayed, betrayed by my family, my school. I felt very angry about the whole thing. You spend 12 hours a day, dancing, and then what?
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Will Poulter
English Actor
I didn't want to be behind a desk. I didn't want to do a normal job. I had made my mind up. I became despondent prematurely. I had my mid-life crisis when I was 16. I suppose I'd agree with that. But acting has helped me develop a lot in my private life.
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Scott Derrickson
American Director
If you look at life with any honesty and intelligence, it's clear that human nature is dark, vile, selfish, and despondent. But I also see a force in human nature, namely grace, that sometimes works against our natural moral entropy.
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Gus Van Sant
American Director
If I'm diagnosed with cancer I might become despondent, but someone young might not, and they might need connections with somebody outside their circle of family because their family is so despondent.
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Jack Layton
Canadian Politician
People that go through serious illness - you can either go one way or the other. You can either become despondent about it all. Or it kind of rejuvenates you, makes you focus on what's important.
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F. Murray Abraham
American Actor
I'm passionate about politics, but when it comes to political parties, I'm despondent. I'm disappointed at the absence of a sense of humanity and struggle to not become a cynic.
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Hilton Als
American Writer
I'm one of those crazy people who have to write every day. Otherwise, I feel really sort of despondent, and it's because I don't feel very happy about not learning.
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Euripides
Greek Poet
One does nothing who tries to console a despondent person with word. A friend is one who aids with deeds at a critical time when deeds are called for.
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Phan Thi Kim Phuc
Canadian Activist
I know what it is like to experience terror, to feel despondent, to live in fear. I know how wearying and hopeless life can be sometimes.
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Kin Hubbard
American Journalist
Nobody ever grew despondent looking for trouble.
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Sergei Polunin
In the beginning, I was very passionate about it, I loved it. It wasn't until I actually reached the top that I became despondent. I felt like I was betrayed, betrayed by my family, my school. I felt very angry about the whole thing. You spend 12 hours a day, dancing, and then what?
Quote examples
Will Poulter
English Actor
I didn't want to be behind a desk. I didn't want to do a normal job. I had made my mind up. I became despondent prematurely. I had my mid-life crisis when I was 16. I suppose I'd agree with that. But acting has helped me develop a lot in my private life.
Quote examples
Scott Derrickson
American Director
If you look at life with any honesty and intelligence, it's clear that human nature is dark, vile, selfish, and despondent. But I also see a force in human nature, namely grace, that sometimes works against our natural moral entropy.
Quote examples
Gus Van Sant
American Director
If I'm diagnosed with cancer I might become despondent, but someone young might not, and they might need connections with somebody outside their circle of family because their family is so despondent.
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Jack Layton
Canadian Politician
People that go through serious illness - you can either go one way or the other. You can either become despondent about it all. Or it kind of rejuvenates you, makes you focus on what's important.
Quote examples
F. Murray Abraham
American Actor
I'm passionate about politics, but when it comes to political parties, I'm despondent. I'm disappointed at the absence of a sense of humanity and struggle to not become a cynic.
Quote examples
Hilton Als
American Writer
I'm one of those crazy people who have to write every day. Otherwise, I feel really sort of despondent, and it's because I don't feel very happy about not learning.
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Euripides
Greek Poet
One does nothing who tries to console a despondent person with word. A friend is one who aids with deeds at a critical time when deeds are called for.
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Phan Thi Kim Phuc
Canadian Activist
I know what it is like to experience terror, to feel despondent, to live in fear. I know how wearying and hopeless life can be sometimes.
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Kin Hubbard
American Journalist
Nobody ever grew despondent looking for trouble.
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