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# despondent

«despondent» in Mova's school dictionary: **Very sad and without hope, feeling that things will not…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (despondent, more despondent, most despondent)

### meaning for a pupil

Very sad and without hope, feeling that things will not get better. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/despondent/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used in stories and reports to describe a deep, quiet sadness after something has gone wrong. Close to «dejected» and «hopeless». It tells the reader that a character has almost given up.

### examples

- Mole grew despondent as the snow fell in the Wild Wood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/despondent/#x1)
- The despondent farmer looked at his flooded field. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/despondent/#x2)
- She was despondent after failing the test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/despondent/#x3)
- Toad became despondent in the dark prison. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/despondent/#x4)
- Don't be despondent — we can fix it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/despondent/#x5)
- The team was despondent after the fifth defeat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/despondent/#x6)
- He gave a despondent sigh. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/despondent/#x7)

### note

Adjective; noun: despondency. Spelling: despond-ENT. Similar: dejected, downcast, hopeless, low. Opposite: hopeful, cheerful.

### In the corpora

- [The Rat: «He's always rather low and despondent when he's wanting his victuals.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/67-willows-ch11-part3-badger-and-mole-come-home/29/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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