The Only Use
despondent
in
A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens
(Edited)
- Not a latent echo in the house, ... not a sigh among the leafless boughs of one despondent poplar, ... but fell upon the heart of Scrooge with a softening influence, and gave a freer passage to his tears.
p. 37.8despondent = depressed
Definitions:
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(1)
(despondent) emotionally depressed -- especially a feeling of grief and hopelessness after a loss
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)