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    [Verb]  | "de*spond" | \ di-ˈspänd \


    1: to become despondent

    Origin: 1655 ;

     Latin despondēre, from de- + spondēre to promise solemnly {mat|spouse|};

    [Noun]  | "despond" 


    1: despondency

    Origin: 1678 ;

    [Noun phrase]  | "slough of de*spond" | \ ˌslau̇-əv-di-ˈspänd \


    1: a state of extreme depression

    Origin: 1776 ;

     From the Slough of Despond, deep bog into which Christian falls on the way from the City of Destruction and from which Help saves him in the allegory Pilgrim's Progress (1678) by John Bunyan;

    [Noun]  | "despond" 


    2: utter loss of hope;


      * e.g., " ... loss of his job threw him into a deep despond "




    [Verb]  | "despond" 


    1: to lose all hope or confidence;


      * e.g., " ... we must not despond even though we live in trying times "




    [Phrase]  | "slough of despond" 


    1: utter loss of hope;


      * e.g., " ... She had the support of her friends and family through her slough of despond. "




     [ "Despondent" ]

    1: down in the dumps

      * e.g.,  ... Fayaz is despondent when Anthony misses their 3:30 PM hug appointment. See also: inconsolable. 

     [ "despondent" ]

    1: Fucking hopeless.

      * e.g.,  ... Johnny was despondent because his IQ was  

     [ "Despondent" ]

    1: A state of depression. Unblissful.

      * e.g.,  ... despondent, distracted, your vicious, and romantic 

     [ "despondent" ]

    1: A skatepunk band from leicester.

      * e.g.,  ... Despondent are my favourite punk band ever. 

     [ "Despondent" ]

    1: Despondent means feeling disappointed, dejected or even depressed. In simple words, feeling extremely sad.

      * e.g.,  ... She was feeling despondent after she lost a match. 

     [ "Despondent" ]

    1: adjective, refers to someone being unhappy

      * e.g.,  ... Example 1: why are you so despondent with everything I try to do? Example 2: S/he is so depondent with everything going on in his/her life. 

     [ "Despond" ]

    1: A person who is not happy and smokes cat bums

      * e.g.,  ... Roleld Mc Doneld 

     [ "Despondent" ]

    1: The state of being a beta cuck

      * e.g.,  ... Fred seemed very despondent while I was fucking his wife. 

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