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 →

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 →
• The despondent farmer looked at his flooded field. tree →
• She was despondent after failing the test. tree →
• Toad became despondent in the dark prison. tree →
• Don't be despondent — we can fix it. tree →
• The team was despondent after the fifth defeat. tree →
• He gave a despondent sigh. tree →

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.

Trees and pragmatics

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