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Showing words for DESPOND using the English dictionary
7 Letter Words for Despond
despond
6 Letter Words for Despond
ponded, sodden
5 Letter Words for Despond
doesn, doped, dopes, dosed, noded, nodes, nopes, nosed, opens, pends, peons, ponds, pones, posed, psend, sonde, spend, spode
4 Letter Words for Despond
dedo, dens, dods, doen, does, done, dons, dope, dops, dose, eddo, endo, ends, eons, epos, esop, neds, neps, node, nods, noes, nope, nose, odds, odes, ones, oped, open, opes, peds, pend, pens, peon, peso, pods, pond, pone, pons, pose, send, sepd, sepn, sned, snod, snop, sond, sone, sope, sped, spod
3 Letter Words for Despond
dds, ded, den, dep, des, dod, doe, don, dop, dos, dso, dsp, edd, edo, edp, eds, end, ens, eon, eos, esd, esp, ned, neo, nep, nod, nos, odd, ode, ods, oes, one, ons, ope, ops, ose, pdn, ped, pen, pes, pod, pon, pos, sed, sen, sep, sod, son, sop
Definitions for Despond
[1] to be depressed by loss of hope, confidence, or courage.
[2] despondency.
[3] (intr) to lose heart or hope; become disheartened; despair
[4] archaic lack of hope; despondency
Words related to Despond
Words nearby Despond
despite, despiteful, despiteous, despoil, despoliation, despond, despondency, despondent, despot, despotic, despotic monarchy
Origin of Despond
1670–80; < Latin dēspondēre to give up, lose heart, promise, equivalent to dē- de- + spondēre to promise
Other words from Despond
de·spond·er , noun
de·spond·ing·ly , adverb
un·de·spond·ing , adjective
un·de·spond·ing·ly , adverb
Word origin for Despond
C17: from Latin dēspondēre to promise, make over to, yield, lose heart, from de- + spondēre to promise
Synonyms for Despond
dishearten, sadden, surrender, give up, lose heart