[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.
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Desponding
Synonyms for "desponding" (28 found)
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"Somebody has hooked off with your pie," he blurted in a desponding tone.
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These are the despondings of men without money; but let the shining ore chink in the pocket, and folly turns to wisdom.
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