despondentadjective
uk/dɪˈspɒn.dənt/us/dɪˈspɑːn.dənt/unhappy and with no hope or enthusiasm:
He became/grew increasingly despondent when she failed to return his phone calls.
She started to feel despondent about ever finding a job.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Feeling sad and unhappy
- (down) in the dumps idiom
- a dog's life idiom
- a long face idiom
- abject
- be cut up idiom
- be down in the mouth idiom
- be in a funk idiom
- bruised
- dog
- doleful
- dour
- downhearted
- grieving
- miserably
- mope
- mope around (somewhere)
- morose
- mournful
- not be a happy camper idiom
- wretched
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despondency
noun [ U ] uk/dɪˈspɒn.dən.si/us/dɪˈspɑːn.dən.si/
A mood of despondency had set in.
despondently
adverb uk/dɪˈspɒn.dənt.li/us/dɪˈspɑːn.dənt.li/
"It's hopeless," he said, shaking his head despondently.