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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
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adjective |
| definition: |
low in spirits; unhappy, depressed, or dejected.
The soldier remained despondent even after months of psychological treatment.- synonyms:
- blue, dejected, depressed, disconsolate, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, gloomy, glum, low-spirited, melancholy
- antonyms:
- cheerful, jubilant, lighthearted, triumphant
- similar words:
- down in the mouth, forlorn, low, mournful, sad, sorrowful, unhappy
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desolate, doleful, gloomy, hopeless, lugubrious, melancholy, miserable, wretched |
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| derivation: |
despondently (adv.) |
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