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# despond

«despond» in Mova's school dictionary: **to lose hope and feel very low, as if nothing will ever…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (despond, desponds, desponded, desponding) (old use)

### meaning for a pupil

To despond is to lose hope and feel very low, as if nothing will ever go right. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/despond/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in old tales a character sinks into gloom when trouble seems endless.

### examples

- Do not despond; we will find the lost key. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/despond/#x1)
- He sat by the window, desponding over his lost ship. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/despond/#x2)
- Even the bravest knight can despond after many defeats. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/despond/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «despond» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/despond/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.