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despondently

/dih-spon-duhnt/US // dɪˈspɒn dənt //UK // (dɪˈspɒndənt) //

怅然若失地,怅惘地,惆怅地,怅然若失

Related Words

morose丧气,丧气的,悲观的,忧郁的forlorn惆怅,惆怅的,怅然若失,怅惘dejected沮丧的,颓废的,颓废,颓丧sad悲伤,伤心,悲伤的,悲哀glum阴沉,阴郁,忧郁,忧郁的discouraged心灰意冷,灰心丧气,灰心丧气的,心灰意懒disheartened心灰意冷,心灰意冷的,沮丧,丧气blue蓝色的,蓝色,蓝despairing绝望的,绝望,绝望的时候,绝望地disconsolate凄凄惨惨戚戚,凄凉,凄凄惨惨,凄凉的dispirited萎靡不振,萎靡不振的,沮丧的,颓废的doleful凄惨的,哀伤的,凄凉的,悲哀的down下来,下,下来的,下降downcast灰心丧气,灰心丧气的,低落的情绪,低沉downhearted心灰意冷,灰心丧气,心灰意懒,灰心丧气的gloomy阴郁的,阴郁,阴沉,阴沉的hopeless无可救药,没救了,无可救药的,无望的low低,低的,低位,低级low-spirited低调的,低调,低气质,低调的人melancholy感伤,忧郁的人,忧郁的,忧郁

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : feeling or showing profound hopelessness, dejection, discouragement, or gloom: despondent about failing health.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inhopelessly
Synonyms
desperately拼命地,拼命的,拼命,拚命地sadly可悲的是,悲哀的是,悲哀地,悲伤地dispiritedly沮丧地,萎靡不振地,郁闷地,萎靡不振cynically愤世嫉俗地,嘲讽地,冷嘲热讽地,愤世嫉俗darkly暗地里,黑暗中,黑暗地,暗暗地里dejectedly沮丧地,颓废地,垂头丧气地,颓然地desolately怅然若失,怅然,怅然若失地,怅惘地despairingly绝望地,令人绝望地,令人绝望的是,无奈地disconsolately无奈之下,无奈地,遗憾的是,无奈dismally令人沮丧的是,凄惨地,惨淡地,沮丧地emptily空空如也,虚空地,虚空,虚无缥缈gloomily阴沉着脸,阴沉沉地,忧郁地,阴沉沉的pessimistically悲观地,悲观主义地,悲观地认为,悲观地讲spiritlessly漫不经心地,漫无目的地,漫不经心,漫无边际地
as inunhappily
Synonyms
glumly忧郁地,黯然,黯然神伤地,黯然地sadly可悲的是,悲哀的是,悲哀地,悲伤地forlornly怅然若失,怅惘地,怅然若失地,惆怅地gloomily阴沉着脸,阴沉沉地,忧郁地,阴沉沉的sorrowfully悲哀地,哀伤地,遗憾的是,悄悄地unpleasantly令人不快的是,不愉快的是,不愉快地,令人不快的

Examples

  • Journalists at newspapers across the United States were despondent Tuesday when they learned their parent company would be sold to a hedge fund notorious for gutting newsrooms.

  • “I feel like a lot of people missed it,” says Herring, despondently.

  • Five of the captives shook their heads despondently when asked if they wanted to be interviewed by a foreign journalist.

  • "Yes; she was too genuinely a lady to encourage his suit, then discard him at the last moment," he concluded, despondently.

  • "Almost the very same thing that you did, monsieur," replied Valentine, despondently.

  • He thought his uncle looked ill when he said goodbye, and the old man spoke despondently of the failure his life had been.

  • "I'm havin' a time iv it with Terence," said Mr. Hennessy, despondently.

  • He despondently reflected that if Fogg and Burkett had agreed again, the combination against him still existed.

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