Desponded

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  • v. Simple past tense and past participle of despond.
    • Word Usage
    "On the question being propounded whether he could go and find her, the page desponded and thought not; but being stimulated with a shilling, the page grew sanguine and thought he could."
    Antonym
    hope   
    Verb Form
    desponded    desponding    desponds   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    despair   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    dispair    despondency    despair   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    flaggy    Silurian    moon-eyed    pudding-stone    death-in-life   
     
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