DESPONDING Synonyms

There are 16 synonyms of the word desponding. (exact relations)
There is 1 hypernym of the word desponding. (close relations)

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	blue				adjectiveadj
	noun • blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime • blue clothing • any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue • the sky as viewed during daylight • used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge • the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic • any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae adjective satellite • of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky • used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms) • filled with melancholy and despondency • characterized by profanity or cursing • suggestive of sexual impropriety • belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy • morally rigorous and strict • causing dejection verb • turn blue
	crestfallen				adjectiveadj
	adjective satellite • brought low in spirit
	dejected				adjectiveadj
	adjective • affected or marked by low spirits
	demoralized				verb, adjectivev, adj
	adjective satellite • made less hopeful or enthusiastic
	discouraged				adjectiveadj
	adjective satellite • made less hopeful or enthusiastic • lacking in resolution
	disheartened				adjectiveadj
	adjective satellite • made less hopeful or enthusiastic
	dispirited				adjectiveadj
	adjective satellite • marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm • filled with melancholy and despondency
	downcast				verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj
	noun • a ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine adjective satellite • directed downward • filled with melancholy and despondency
	downhearted				adjectiveadj
	adjective satellite • filled with melancholy and despondency
	forlorn				adjectiveadj
	adjective satellite • marked by or showing hopelessness
	gloomy				adjectiveadj
	adjective satellite • depressingly dark • filled with melancholy and despondency • causing dejection
	hopeless				adjectiveadj
	adjective • without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success adjective satellite • of a person unable to do something skillfully • certain to fail • (informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform
	low-spirited				adjectiveadj
	adjective satellite • filled with melancholy and despondency
	melancholy				noun, adjectiven, adj
	noun • a feeling of thoughtful sadness • a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed • a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy adjective satellite • characterized by or causing or expressing sadness • grave or even gloomy in character
	miserable				adjectiveadj
	adjective satellite • very unhappy; full of misery • deserving or inciting pity • of the most contemptible kind • of very poor quality or condition • characterized by physical misery • contemptibly small in amount
	sad				adjectiveadj
	adjective • experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness adjective satellite • of things that make you feel sad • bad; unfortunate

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