Thesaurus: despond

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1. v. i. To give up, the will, courage, or spirit; to be thoroughly disheartened; to lose all courage; to become dispirited or depressed; to take an unhopeful view.
2. n. Despondency.
3. v. lose confidence or hope; become dejected
4. To give up, the will, courage, or spirit; to be thoroughly disheartened; to lose all courage; to become dispirited or depressed; to take an unhopeful view. I should despair, or at least despond. Scott's Letters. Others depress their own minds, [and] despond at the first difficulty. Locke. We wish that . . . desponding patriotism may turn its eyes hitherward, and be assured that foundations of our national power still stand strong. D. Webster. Syn. -- Despond, Dispair. Despair implies a total loss of hope, which despond does not, at least in every case; yet despondency is often more lasting than despair, or than desperation, which impels to violent action. Despondency. [Obs.] The slough of despond. Bunyan.
5. To give up, the will, courage, or spirit; to be thoroughlydisheartened; to lose all courage; to become dispirited or depressed;to take an unhopeful view.I should despair, or at least despond. Scott's Letters.Others depress their own minds, [and] despond at the firstdifficulty. Locke.We wish that . . . desponding patriotism may turn its eyeshitherward, and be assured that foundations of our national powerstill stand strong. D. Webster.
6. v. lose confidence or hope; become dejected