VERB | emotion | despond | lose confidence or hope |
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Meaning | Lose confidence or hope; become dejected. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Example | "The supporters of the Presidential candidate desponded when they learned the early results of the election" | |
Broader | despair | abandon hope |
Adjectives | despondent | without or almost without hope |
Nouns | despondency, despondence | feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless |
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