desponding
English
Verb
desponding
Adjective
desponding (comparative more desponding, superlative most desponding)
- That causes despondency; disheartening.
- 1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, V.x.1:
- [T]he doubts, apprehensions, and desponding suspense which had accompanied her setting out, were now all removed, and certainty, ease, the expectation of happiness, and the cessation of all perplexity, had taken their place.
- 1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, V.x.1:
Noun
desponding (plural despondings)
- A feeling or expression of despondency.
- 1753, Edward Moore, The Gamester
- These are the despondings of men without money; but let the shining ore chink in the pocket, and folly turns to wisdom.
- 1753, Edward Moore, The Gamester