Despond
51despair — n 1. hopelessness, disheartenment, dismay, discouragement; dejection, depression, despondency, slough of despond; defeatism, pessimism; resignation, resignedness. 2. gloom, melancholy, melancholia, misery, misera bleness, wretchedness, distress,… …
52sponsor — [17] Etymologically, a sponsor is someone who makes a ‘solemn promise’. The word was borrowed from Latin sponsor, a derivative of spondēre ‘promise solemnly’, which denoted ‘someone who stands surely for another’. In the Christian era it came to… …
53despondence — noun feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless • Syn: ↑despondency, ↑heartsickness, ↑disconsolateness • Derivationally related forms: ↑disconsolate (for: ↑disconsolateness), ↑heartsi …
54despondency — noun feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑despondence, ↑heartsickness, ↑disconsolateness • Derivationally related forms: ↑disconsolate (for: ↑disconsolaten …
55disconsolateness — noun feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless • Syn: ↑despondency, ↑despondence, ↑heartsickness • Derivationally related forms: ↑disconsolate, ↑heartsick (for: ↑heartsickness), ↑ …
56heartsickness — noun feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless • Syn: ↑despondency, ↑despondence, ↑disconsolateness • Derivationally related forms: ↑disconsolate (for: ↑disconsolateness), ↑heartsick …
57Despair — De*spair , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Despaired}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Despairing}.] [OE. despeiren, dispeiren, OF. desperer, fr. L. desperare; de + sperare to hope; akin to spes hope, and perh. to spatium space, E. space, speed; cf. OF. espeir hope, F.… …
58Despaired — Despair De*spair , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Despaired}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Despairing}.] [OE. despeiren, dispeiren, OF. desperer, fr. L. desperare; de + sperare to hope; akin to spes hope, and perh. to spatium space, E. space, speed; cf. OF. espeir… …
59Despairing — Despair De*spair , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Despaired}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Despairing}.] [OE. despeiren, dispeiren, OF. desperer, fr. L. desperare; de + sperare to hope; akin to spes hope, and perh. to spatium space, E. space, speed; cf. OF. espeir… …
60Despondent — De*spond ent, a. [L. despondens, entis, p. pr. of despond[=e]re.] Marked by despondence; given to despondence; low spirited; as, a despondent manner; a despondent prisoner. {De*spond ent*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …
