Emotions
Synonyms for despondent
The synonym for despondent recorded in this bank is heartsick, in the sense "without or almost without hope". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for despondent
- heartsickadjective, in the sense "without or almost without hope"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for despondent.
without or almost without hope
Despondent about his failure.
The true synonym
heartsick
Same sentence, swapped: Heartsick about his failure.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- apathetic
- hypochondriac
- subdued
Where despondent turns up in the game
despondent is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play despondent
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so despondent reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because emotions is the company despondent keeps.
Climb the library a rung at a time
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