Despond
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /dɪˈspɒnd/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Despond is a verb meaning (intransitive) To give up the will, courage, or spirit; to become dejected, lose heart.
Meaning
(intransitive) To give up the will, courage, or spirit; to become dejected, lose heart.
More Meanings
- (archaic) Despondency.
Example Sentences
Yet still despond not, but proceed Along the path where fate may lead.
Others depress their own minds, [and] despond at the first difficulty.
October 16, 1820, Thomas Scott, letter to the Rev. G. Knight, Harwell I should despair, or at least despond.
June 17, 1825, Daniel Webster, Speech on the laying of the Corner Stone of the Bunker Hill Monument We wish that […] desponding patriotism may turn its eyes hitherward, and be assured that foundations of our national power still stand strong.
Word Forms
- desponds
- desponding
- desponded
Synonyms for despond
Depending on context, synonyms include despair, desperation, despondency, hopelessness, unhope, wanhope.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include faint, dispirit, disspirit, discourage, despair, dishearten.
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