de·spond 
(dĭ-spŏnd)
(dĭ-spŏnd)intr.v. de·spond·ed, de·spond·ing, de·sponds
To become disheartened or discouraged.
n.
Despondency: "The outward show of fight masked a spreading inner despond at the White House" (Newsweek).
[Latin dēspondēre, to give up : dē-, de- + spondēre, to promise; see spend- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
de·sponding·ly adv.
- theropod
- the royal road
- Thes.
- "the Sailor King."
- thesaurus
- "the Say Hey Kid."
- "the Scourge of the Gods."
- these
- Thesean
- these days
- "the Seraphic Doctor."
- Theseus
- the shirt off back
- the shirt off (one's) back
- the shirt off one's back
- the shoe is on the other foot
- the short end of the stick
- "the Silurist."
- thesis
- thespian
- Thespis
- Thessalian
- Thessalonian
- Thessalonians
- Thessalonica