See despondent on Wiktionary
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"word": "despondency"
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"ref": "1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., […], [1933], →OCLC, page 0056:",
"text": "Thanks to that penny he had just spent so recklessly [on a newspaper] he would pass a happy hour, taken, for once, out of his anxious, despondent, miserable self. It irritated him shrewdly to know that these moments of respite from carking care would not be shared with his poor wife, with careworn, troubled Ellen.",
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"ref": "2022 December 21, Nico Grant, Cade Metz, quoting Sridhar Ramaswamy, “A New Chat Bot Is a ‘Code Red’ for Google’s Search Business”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
"text": "“Last year, I was despondent that it was so hard to dislodge the iron grip of Google,” said Sridhar Ramaswamy, who previously oversaw advertising for Google, including Search ads, and now runs Neeva. “But technological moments like this create an opportunity for more competition.”",
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"In low spirits from loss of hope or courage."
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"word": "sad"
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{
"word": "crestfallen"
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"word": "despairing"
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{
"word": "disconsolate"
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{
"word": "disheartened"
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{
"word": "dejected"
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{
"word": "downcast"
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{
"word": "gloomy"
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{
"word": "heartsick"
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{
"word": "hopeless"
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{
"word": "miserable"
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "qāniṭ",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "قَانِط"
},
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"word": "أَسْوَان"
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"word": "بَائِس"
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "حَزِين"
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"roman": "zagubil nadežda",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "загубил надежда"
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"roman": "padnal duhom",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "паднал духом"
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "懊喪"
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "àosàng",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "懊丧"
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "抑鬱"
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "抑郁"
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "氣餒"
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "气馁"
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"alt": "+ -的 -de",
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "huīxīn",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "灰心"
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "哀傷"
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"roman": "āishāng",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "zoufalý"
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "moedeloos"
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "wanhopig"
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "terneergeslagen"
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{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "hopeloos"
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{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "mismoedig"
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"code": "fo",
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "mótfallin"
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "déprimé"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "abattu"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "découragé"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "triste"
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "mutlos"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "niedergeschlagen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "deprimiert"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "entmutigt"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "traurig"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "áthymos",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "άθυμος"
},
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"code": "grc",
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"roman": "áthumos",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "ἄθυμος"
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"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "dústhumos",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "δύσθυμος"
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "meyu'ásh",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "מיואש"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "krumpinn"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "abbattuto"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "scoraggiato"
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"alt": "らくたんした",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "rakutan-shita",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "落胆した"
},
{
"alt": "しついの",
"code": "ja",
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"roman": "shitsui-no",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "失意の"
},
{
"alt": "しょうぜん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shōzen",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "消然"
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{
"alt": "かなしい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kanashii",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "悲しい"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "hākerekere"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "tapou"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "tāmate"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "parakore"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "ngākau pōuri"
},
{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "mārohirohi"
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{
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "motløs"
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{
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "nedtrykt"
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{
"code": "nb",
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "forknytt"
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{
"code": "nb",
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "knuget"
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{
"code": "nn",
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "motlaus"
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{
"code": "nn",
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "nedtrykt"
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{
"code": "oc",
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "desencorat"
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{
"code": "oc",
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "abatut"
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{
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"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "mootlooss"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "abatido"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "desencorajado"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "desanimado"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "desacorçoado"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "unýlyj",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "уны́лый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podávlennyj",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "пода́вленный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "mráčnyj",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "мра́чный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "udručónnyj",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "удручённый"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "ugnetjónnyj",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "угнетённый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "grústnyj",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "гру́стный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pečálʹnyj",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "печа́льный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pávšij dúxom",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "па́вший ду́хом"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "khinna",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "खिन्न"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "abatido"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "descorazonado"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "missmodig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "modfälld"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "nedslagen"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "znevirenyj",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "зневірений"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pryhničenyj",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пригнічений"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zasmučenyj",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "засмучений"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zanepalyj duxom",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "занепалий духом"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "chán nản"
},
{
"code": "cy",
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "懊喪"
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
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"alt": "+ -的 -de",
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"code": "nl",
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"code": "fo",
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "découragé"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "mutlos"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "niedergeschlagen"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
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{
"code": "de",
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"code": "he",
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "מיואש"
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{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "krumpinn"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "落胆した"
},
{
"alt": "しついの",
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "失意の"
},
{
"alt": "しょうぜん",
"code": "ja",
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "消然"
},
{
"alt": "かなしい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kanashii",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "悲しい"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "hākerekere"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "tapou"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "tāmate"
},
{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "parakore"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "ngākau pōuri"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "mārohirohi"
},
{
"code": "nb",
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "motløs"
},
{
"code": "nb",
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
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{
"code": "nb",
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{
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{
"code": "nn",
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{
"code": "nn",
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
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{
"code": "oc",
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
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{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "abatut"
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "mootlooss"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "abatido"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "desencorajado"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "desanimado"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "desacorçoado"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "unýlyj",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "уны́лый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podávlennyj",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "пода́вленный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "mráčnyj",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "мра́чный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "udručónnyj",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "удручённый"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "grústnyj",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "гру́стный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pečálʹnyj",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "печа́льный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pávšij dúxom",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "па́вший ду́хом"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "khinna",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "खिन्न"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "abatido"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "descorazonado"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "missmodig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "modfälld"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "nedslagen"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "znevirenyj",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "зневірений"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pryhničenyj",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пригнічений"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zasmučenyj",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "засмучений"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zanepalyj duxom",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "занепалий духом"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "chán nản"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "digalon"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "pendrwm"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "penisel"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "in low spirits from loss of hope or courage",
"word": "pendrist"
}
],
"word": "despondent"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "dēspondent",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "verb form",
"head": "dēspondent"
},
"expansion": "dēspondent",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Latin 3-syllable words",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin non-lemma forms",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Latin verb forms",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "dēspondeō"
}
],
"glosses": [
"third-person plural present active indicative of dēspondeō"
],
"links": [
[
"dēspondeō",
"despondeo#Latin"
]
],
"tags": [
"active",
"form-of",
"indicative",
"plural",
"present",
"third-person"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/deːsˈpon.dent/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[d̪eːs̠ˈpɔn̪d̪ɛn̪t̪]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/desˈpon.dent/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[d̪esˈpɔn̪d̪en̪t̪]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "despondent"
}
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