Desponding

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  • v. Present participle of despond.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Given to or caused by despondency; despondent.
    • Word Usage
    "But before I leave what I call the desponding epoch of my schoolboy days, I must not omit to mention a species of impious barbarity, that had well-nigh alienated my heart for ever from religion, and which made me for the time detest the very name of church."
    Antonym
    hope   
    Verb Form
    desponded    desponding    desponds   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    despair   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    dispair    despondency    despair   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    flaggy    Silurian    moon-eyed    pudding-stone    death-in-life   
     
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