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despond

/dɪˈspɒnd/verb

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verb
  1. 1

    [I] literary

    to lose hope or confidence

    निराश होना, हताश होना, हिम्मत हारना

    • Do not despond; better days will come.

    Synonyms despair lose heart give up hope

    Opposite hope

Idioms 1

the slough of despond

a state of deep sadness and lack of hope

घोर निराशा की स्थिति

  • After losing his job, he sank into the slough of despond.
◇Word family
despondent adjectivedespondency noun
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

despair lose heart give up hope

Antonyms

hope

⌂Word origin and word building

From John Bunyan's book The Pilgrim's Progress (1678), in which the Slough of Despond is a deep bog of despair.

यह John Bunyan की पुस्तक The Pilgrim's Progress (1678) से आया है, जिसमें Slough of Despond निराशा का एक गहरा दलदल है।