All 4 Uses of
despondent
in
Anne Frank, the Diary of a Young Girl
- I'm despondent and foolish, I know that too.†
Chpt 44-02
- I can imagine, as if I were in his place, how despondent he must sometimes feel at the quarrels.†
Chpt 44-03
- This left me on my own to face the difficult task of improving myself so I wouldn't have to hear their reproaches, because they made me so despondent.†
Chpt 44-03
- I haven't had an easy time. If only you knew how much I used to cry at night, how unhappy and despondent I was,
Chpt 44-05 *despondent = discouraged (hopeless)
Definition:
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(despondent) emotionally depressed -- especially a feeling of grief and hopelessness after a loss