All 4 Uses of
despondent
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- However that may have been, the young man was by no means despondent and succeeded in getting work, at first giving sixpenny lessons and afterwards getting paragraphs on street incidents into the newspapers under the signature of "Eye-Witness."†
Chpt 1 *
- Father Ferapont paused and, suddenly leaning his cheek on his hand despondently, pronounced in a sing-song voice, looking at the coffin of the dead elder: "To-morrow they will sing over him 'Our Helper and Defender'—a splendid anthem—and over me when I die all they'll sing will be 'What earthly joy'—a little canticle,"(6) he added with tearful regret.†
Chpt 7
- What can men be after this?" he exclaimed incoherently, in bitter despondency, almost despair.†
Chpt 9
- A look of profound despondency came into the children's faces.†
Chpt 10
Definition:
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(despondent) emotionally depressed -- especially a feeling of grief and hopelessness after a loss