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 →

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 →
• He sat by the window, desponding over his lost ship. tree →
• Even the bravest knight can despond after many defeats. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «despond» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.