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Synonyms for despond


Grammar : Verb
Spell : dih-spond or especially for 2, des-pond
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈspɒnd or especially for 2, ˈdɛs pɒnd



Définition of despond

  • verb despair
Example sentences :
  • And yet, amidst all my hopes, there are hours when I tremble and despond!
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Be comforted; be not dejected; do not despond, my dearest and best-beloved friend.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Should we fail to have news of his capture in Dauphiny, we need not, nevertheless, despond.
  • Extract from : « St. Martin's Summer » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Besides, I try to look on the best side, and not to despond.
  • Extract from : « Mary Wollstonecraft » by Elizabeth Robins Pennell
  • Suiting the action to the word, he flung his burden into the Slough of Despond.
  • Extract from : « Watch Yourself Go By » by Al. G. Field
  • You will meet with difficulties, but do not despond; to every cloud, there is a silver lining.
  • Extract from : « The Silver Lining » by John Roussel
  • A cemetery by the sea, a peak of glory, a slough of despond.
  • Extract from : « The Short Life » by Francis Donovan
  • All the world was not limited to the Slough of Despond at her feet.
  • Extract from : « A Forgotten Hero » by Emily Sarah Holt
  • "Do not despond, sir, I undertake to cure you," said a voice behind.
  • Extract from : « What Will He Do With It, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • She had begun to despond of Lilian's recovery, and she infected me with her own alarm.
  • Extract from : « A Strange Story, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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