despondent

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• Received-Pronunciation: /dɪˈspɒndənt/
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• CMU ARPABET: D IH0 S P AA1 N D AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Latin dēspondēns, from the verb despondere (“to give up, to abandon”).

96 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: قَانِط (qāniṭ) — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Arabic: أَسْوَان (ʔaswān) — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Arabic: بَائِس (bāʔis) — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Arabic: حَزِين (ḥazīn) — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Bulgarian: загубил надежда (zagubil nadežda) — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Bulgarian: паднал духом (padnal duhom) — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Bulgarian: унил (unil) — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Catalan: abatut — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Catalan: descoratjat — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Catalan: desanimat — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Catalan: desesperançat — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Chinese Mandarin: 懊喪 /懊丧 (àosàng) — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Chinese Mandarin: 抑鬱 /抑郁 (yìyù) — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Chinese Mandarin: 氣餒 /气馁 (qìněi) — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Chinese Mandarin: 灰心 (huīxīn) — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Chinese Mandarin: 沮喪 /沮丧 (jǔsàng) — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Chinese Mandarin: 哀傷 /哀伤 (āishāng) — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Czech: sklíčený — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Czech: zoufalý — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Czech: malomyslný — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Danish: knuget — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Danish: forknyt — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Dutch: moedeloos — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Dutch: wanhopig — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Dutch: terneergeslagen — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Dutch: hopeloos — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Dutch: mismoedig — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Faroese: mótfallin — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Finnish: epätoivoinen — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Finnish: toivoton — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• French: déprimé — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• French: abattu — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• French: découragé — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• French: triste — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• German: mutlos — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• German: niedergeschlagen — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• German: deprimiert — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• German: entmutigt — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• German: traurig — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Greek: άθυμος (áthymos) — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Ancient Greek: ἄθυμος (áthumos) — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Ancient Greek: δύσθυμος (dústhumos) — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Hebrew: מיואש (meyu'ásh) — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Hungarian: lehangolt — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Icelandic: krumpinn — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Italian: abbattuto — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Italian: scoraggiato — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Japanese: 落胆した (rakutan-shita) — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Japanese: 失意の (shitsui-no) — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Japanese: 消然 (shōzen) — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Japanese: 悲しい (kanashii) — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Māori: hākerekere — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Māori: tapou — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Māori: tāmate — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Māori: parakore — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Māori: ngākau pōuri — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Māori: mārohirohi — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Norwegian Bokmål: motløs — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Norwegian Bokmål: nedtrykt — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Norwegian Bokmål: forknytt — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Norwegian Bokmål: knuget — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Norwegian Nynorsk: motlaus — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Norwegian Nynorsk: nedtrykt — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Occitan: desencorat — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Occitan: abatut — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Plautdietsch: mootlooss — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Portuguese: abatido — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Portuguese: desencorajado — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Portuguese: desanimado — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Portuguese: desacorçoado — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Russian: уны́лый (unýlyj) — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Russian: пода́вленный (podávlennyj) — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Russian: мра́чный (mráčnyj) — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Russian: удручённый (udručónnyj) — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Russian: угнетённый (ugnetjónnyj) — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Russian: гру́стный (grústnyj) — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Russian: печа́льный (pečálʹnyj) — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Russian: па́вший ду́хом (pávšij dúxom) — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Sanskrit: खिन्न (khinna) — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Spanish: abatido — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Spanish: descorazonado — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Swedish: missmodig — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Swedish: modfälld — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Swedish: nedslagen — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Swedish: nedstämd — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Thai: ท้อ (tɔ́ɔ) — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Thai: ท้อแท้ — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Ukrainian: зневірений (znevirenyj) — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Ukrainian: пригнічений (pryhničenyj) — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Ukrainian: засмучений (zasmučenyj) — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Ukrainian: занепалий духом (zanepalyj duxom) — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Vietnamese: chán nản — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Welsh: digalon — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Welsh: pendrwm — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Welsh: penisel — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Welsh: pendrist — in low spirits from loss of hope or courage