What is another word for despondent?
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How to deal with despondency?
What's wrong with me if i'm feeling down?
How do you beat depression?
Pronunciation:
[ dɪspˈɒndənt], [ dɪspˈɒndənt], [ d_ɪ_s_p_ˈɒ_n_d_ə_n_t]
Despondent, defined as feeling hopeless and dejected, can be expressed in various ways through synonyms. Some other terms that can be used to convey the same feeling include melancholy, downhearted, crestfallen, disheartened, gloomy, dismal, and forlorn.
Melancholy suggests a long-lasting sadness or a state of intense sorrow. Downhearted conveys a sense of disappointment and discouragement. Crestfallen implies a loss of confidence or a sudden realization of defeat. Disheartened refers to a loss of courage, hope, or enthusiasm. Gloomy suggests a depressing atmosphere or a dim outlook on life. Dismal denotes a sense of gloominess or a lack of brightness. Forlorn implies a sense of abandonment or loneliness.
Semantically related words: depressed, down, low, unhappy, unwell, sad, dispirited, disconsolate
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Similar words for despondent:
- all (adjective)
- blue (adjective)
- brokenhearted (adjective)
- cheerless (adjective)
- crestfallen (adjective)
- dejected (adjective)
- depressed (adjective)
- desperate (adjective)
- disappointed (adjective)
- discontent (adjective)
- dismal (adjective)
- dispirited (adjective)
- downcast (adjective)
- forlorn (adjective)
- gloomy (adjective)
- heavy (adjective)
- heavy-hearted (adjective)
- hopeless (adjective)
- low (adjective)
- melancholy (adjective)
- miserable (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- pessimistic (adjective)
- sad (adjective)
- spiritless (adjective)
- unhappy (adjective)
- downbeat (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Despondent:
adj.
• all (adjective) • blue (adjective) • brokenhearted (adjective) • cheerless (adjective)- draggiest,
- funereal,
- more dejecting,
- mopey,
- most dejecting,
- in the dumps,
- in dumps,
- somber,
- jarring,
- draggier,
- more drearisome,
- un-comfortable,
- mopier,
- mopiest,
- most drearisome,
- drab,
- un comfortable.
- despairing,
- study at hopeless,
- anxious,
- shot down,
- lachrymose,
- sullen,
- joyless,
- dolorous,
- gloomy,
- plaintive,
- contemplative,
- sad,
- pensive,
- bummed out,
- glum,
- broody,
- wistful,
- overcome,
- Mopish,
- all torn up,
- woeful,
- moody,
- doleful,
- in the pits,
- heartbroken,
- atrabilious,
- dreary,
- discouraged,
- disconsolate,
- morose,
- disheartened,
- grim,
- mournful.
- in despair,
- down,
- sorrowful,
- heavy-hearted,
- in a blue funk,
- in pain,
- woebegone,
- melancholic,
- cast-down,
- low-spirited,
- in the toilet,
- torn up,
- grieving,
- lowdown,
- hopeless,
- on a downer,
- low,
- mourning,
- tristful,
- low-down,
- spiritless,
- down and out.
- at end ones rope,
- back wall,
- in soup,
- more no-win,
- at end rope,
- most desponding,
- nowin,
- most no chance,
- most noway,
- more irretrievable,
- more no chance,
- more no-chance,
- at end one's rope,
- more nochance,
- back the wall,
- most no-way,
- most irretrievable,
- no win,
- at end one rope,
- most irrecoverable,
- no-chance,
- most goner,
- more desponding,
- nochance,
- running out time,
- most nowin,
- more noway,
- most no win,
- most sunk,
- at end of ones rope,
- more no-way,
- most nochance,
- more nowin,
- most no way,
- more no win,
- more irrecoverable,
- back to wall,
- more no way,
- at end of one rope,
- cant win,
- more goner,
- more sunk,
- up creek,
- most no-chance,
- most no-win.
- exasperated,
- restless,
- non-satisfied,
- disapproving,
- unhappy,
- sour,
- irreconcilable,
- teed off,
- bored,
- frustrated,
- dissatisfied,
- uncomfortable,
- fed up,
- ticked off,
- cross,
- uneasy,
- irritated,
- malcontent,
- dissident,
- ungratified,
- discontent,
- disquieted,
- disgruntled,
- displeased,
- discomposed.
- dis-agreeable,
- un-fortunate,
- over-cast,
- un fortunate,
- dis agreeable,
- dis heartening,
- over cast,
- de-pressing,
- de pressing,
- in-auspicious,
- more disheartening,
- most disheartening,
- dis-heartening,
- overcast,
- in auspicious,
- inauspicious.
- more bummed-out,
- most bummed-out,
- shotdown,
- more shot down,
- more shotdown,
- more shot-down,
- more bummed out,
- most shot-down,
- shot-down,
- bummedout,
- most shot down,
- more bummedout,
- most shotdown,
- most bummedout,
- most bummed out.
- more racked,
- most tortured,
- most suffering,
- most tormented,
- more agonized,
- more anguished,
- most racked,
- Racked,
- wounded,
- more tortured,
- most agonized,
- most anguished,
- more suffering,
- ruthful,
- more tormented,
- pained.
- dispirited,
- dejected,
- downcast,
- can't win,
- anguished,
- fatalistic,
- at end of rope,
- in the soup,
- down in dumps,
- irretrievable,
- morbid,
- in low spirits,
- downhearted,
- disappointed,
- no way,
- fe,
- in the doldrums,
- forlorn,
- in doldrums,
- blue,
- irrecoverable,
- no-way,
- in blue funk,
- pessimistic,
- miserable,
- no chance,
- Noway,
- long-faced,
- saturnine,
- dead duck,
- up the creek,
- no-win,
- heavy,
- back to the wall,
- mirthless,
- cheerless,
- dismal,
- flat tire,
- heavyhearted,
- running out of time,
- goner,
- Fest,
- draggy,
- down in mouth,
- MOPY,
- let-down,
- Drearisome,
- bummed-out,
- brokenhearted,
- at end of one's rope,
- melancholy,
- up against it,
- depressed,
- Fer,
- sick at heart.
- mis anthropic,
- fore boding,
- most foreboding,
- re signed,
- dis-trustful,
- more foreboding,
- mis-anthropic,
- fore-boding,
- re-signed,
- more fatalistic,
- dis trustful,
- most fatalistic.
n.
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- hope.
Other synonyms:
• Other relevant words (noun):- dashed,
- desolate,
- defeatist,
- pitiable,
- Saddened,
- rueful,
- upset,
- heartless,
- lugubrious,
- futureless,
- sulking,
- hypochondriacal,
- disheartening,
- in the depths,
- tenebrific,
- pathetic,
- chap-fallen,
- frantic,
- dour,
- grief-stricken,
- unhopeful,
- sulky,
- sombre,
- suicidal,
- hypochondriac,
- pining,
- pitiful,
- distressed,
- lovesick,
- afflicted,
- deject,
- cynical,
- Broken-hearted,
- droopy,
- Languishing,
- apathetic,
- cut up,
- broken up,
- bowed down,
- world-weary,
- Desponding,
- down in the mouth,
- brooding,
- comfortless,
- affording no hope,
- Moping,
- lost,
- tearful,
- heart-broken,
- mouth,
- prostrate,
- sunken,
- inconsolable,
- drooping,
- negative,
- sorry,
- crushed.
How to use "Despondent" in context?
Despondent means feeling or showing a lack of enthusiasm or hope. A despondent person may be moody and pessimistic, or they may withdraw from life.
Some common signs of despondency include feeling tired or run down, being less interested in things usual, feeling gloomy or pessimistic, losing interest in activities you once enjoyed, and feeling like you have no control over your life.
There is no one specific cause for despondency, and it can arise for a variety of reasons. In some cases, it may be the result of a personal challenge or hardship.
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