Yet still despond not, but proceed Along the path where fate may lead.
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Despond
//dɪˈspɒnd//
Synonyms for "despond" (28 found)
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10 translations across 7 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀθυμέω verb (to give up the will, courage, or spirit)
Bulgarian
1 entries- падам духом verb (to give up the will, courage, or spirit)
French
1 entries- se décourager verb (to give up the will, courage, or spirit)
German
1 entries- verzagen verb (to give up the will, courage, or spirit)
Hungarian
2 entries- csügged verb (to give up the will, courage, or spirit)
- elcsügged verb (to give up the will, courage, or spirit)
Portuguese
1 entries- desesperar-se verb (to give up the will, courage, or spirit)
Turkish
3 entries- bedbin olmak verb (to give up the will, courage, or spirit)
- umut kesmek verb (to give up the will, courage, or spirit)
- ümidini kaybetmek verb (to give up the will, courage, or spirit)
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October 16, 1820, Thomas Scott, letter to the Rev. G. Knight, Harwell I should despair, or at least despond.
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Others depress their own minds, [and] despond at the first difficulty.
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June 17, 1825, Daniel Webster, Speech on the laying of the Corner Stone of the Bunker Hill Monument We wish that […] desponding patriotism may turn its eyes hitherward, and be assured that foundations of our national power still stand strong.
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