All 3 Uses
despondent
in
Killing Kennedy
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- Reversing his previous weight loss, LBJ will grow very fat over the course of the summer as a result of this despondence.†
p. 184.9 *despondence = depression
- A despondent Oswald stays the weekend in Mexico City, loading up on the local food and taking in a bullfight.†
p. 219.7despondent = depressed
- A despondent Jack Ruby wanders off and sits alone at a desk.†
p. 279.8
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)