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despondent

[dih-spon-duhnt] / dɪˈspɒn dənt /


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Guilty and despondent, Donatello retreats to his empty family estate in Tuscany, where Kenyon tries to counsel him.

From The Wall Street Journal

Aviles told the San Antonio Express-News, which published the text messages first, that the relationship and the professional ostracization his wife faced after it was discovered led her to become despondent before her death.

From Salon

McGrath then trudged off to the other side of the course, despondent, lying in the snow in angry reflection.

From Barron's

It seems an entirely different space to the general despondent economic vibe across much of the country.

From BBC

That attitude “has pretty much vanished from British society,” Dr. Daniels says, and it makes him despondent.

From The Wall Street Journal