Definition for Despondently:

• In a despondent manner.

Synonyms for Despondently:

• adv.

  •dejectedly (adverb)
  • mournfully,
  • moodily,
  • plaintively,
  • anxiously,
  • sadly,
  • miserably,
  • grimly,
  • melancholically,
  • Contemplatively,
  • woefully,
  • dejectedly,
  • gloomily,
  • wistfully,
  • dolorously,
  • pensively,
  • joylessly,
  • morosely,
  • disconsolately,
  • drearily,
  • sullenly,
  • downheartedly.
  •discontentedly (adverb)
  • wretchedly,
  • crossly,
  • uneasily,
  • sourly,
  • discontentedly,
  • uncomfortably,
  • restlessly,
  • cheerlessly.
  •hopelessly (adverb)
  • darkly,
  • dismally,
  • pessimistically,
  • emptily,
  • desperately,
  • bleakly,
  • dispiritedly,
  • cynically,
  • desolately,
  • spiritlessly.
  •unhappily (adverb)
  • sorrowfully.

• Other synonyms:

  •adv
  • forlornly,
  • glumly,
  • hopelessly,
  • unhappily,
  • unpleasantly.
  •n.
  • despairingly.

Antonyms for Despondently:

• adv.

  • hopelessly
    expectantly, confidently, hopefully.
  • unhappily
    blithely, luckily, merrily, happily.

Despondently Sentence Examples:

• The second young woman was too short in the back, and at sight of her features he shook his head despondently.

• He was a bald, sad - looking man with a long grizzling moustache that drooped despondently.