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# despond

verb (despond, desponds, desponded, desponding) (old use)

«despond» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To despond is to lose hope and feel very low, as if nothing will ever go right. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/despond/#m1)

### In the lessons

in old tales a character sinks into gloom when trouble seems endless.

### Examples

- Do not despond; we will find the lost key. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/despond/#x1)
- He sat by the window, desponding over his lost ship. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/despond/#x2)
- Even the bravest knight can despond after many defeats. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/despond/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «despond» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/despond/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«despond» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/despond.html) on Mova free.