Despondent
She was becoming increasingly despondent about the way things were going.
Please help me understand the meaning of despondent. It sounds very similar to 'respondent'. Does despondent mean not being reponsive? like not talking to people and being depressed. Or Despondent doesn't have any relation to Respondent? Thank you in advance.
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Have you tried a dictionary? despondent: very unhappy because you do not believe that an unpleasant situation will improve Synonyms: hopeless, heartsick, downcast, depressed, disappointed, discouraged CJ
- Have you tried a dictionary?
- despondent: very unhappy because you do not believe that an unpleasant situation will improve Synonyms: hopeless, heartsick, downcast, depressed, disappointed, discouraged CJ
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Have you tried a dictionary?
despondent: very unhappy because you do not believe that an unpleasant situation will improve
Synonyms:
hopeless, heartsick, downcast, depressed, disappointed, discouraged
CJ
0anonymousOr Despondent doesn't have any relation to Respondent?
Etymology will take you down the wrong path pretty often. It is interesting and suggestive, and it sometimes actually plays into connotations, but not this time. The "spond" part of both your words is from the Latin spondere, "promise". I leave it to your imagination whether there is a l
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