Usually means: Losing hope, becoming disheartened deeply.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word desponding:

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  1. desponding: Merriam-Webster
  2. desponding: Collins English Dictionary
  3. desponding: Vocabulary.com
  4. desponding: Wordnik
  5. desponding: Wiktionary
  6. Desponding, desponding: Dictionary.com
  7. Desponding: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. Desponding: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. desponding: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. desponding: FreeDictionary.org
  11. desponding: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (desponding)

▸ adjective:  That causes or communicates despondency; disheartening or despondent.
▸ noun:  A feeling or expression of despondency.

Similar:
disheartening, damp, downcast, depressing, depressive, low-hearted, heartsick, dejected, disconsolate, dismal, more...

Opposite:
hopeful, optimistic, positive

Types:
blue, sad, down, low, unhappy, miserable, gloomy, pessimistic, dismal, more...

Adjectives:
little, most, wrecked, last, first, good, public, sudden, single

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Similar:
disheartening, damp, downcast, depressing, depressive, low-hearted, heartsick, dejected, disconsolate, dismal, more...

Opposite:
hopeful, optimistic, positive

Types:
blue, sad, down, low, unhappy, miserable, gloomy, pessimistic, dismal, more...

Adjectives:
little, most, wrecked, last, first, good, public, sudden, single



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