Meaning & use
Desponding
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Losing courage, hope, or enthusiasm; becoming dejected.
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He sat desponding by the window, certain the letter would never arrive.
The troops began desponding after weeks without supplies or news from home.
A note on using this word
From 'despond,' a somewhat literary verb that also gives English the phrase 'Slough of Despond' from John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress.
Words with a similar meaning
despairinglosing heart
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Words with an opposite meaning
hopingrejoicing
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