Synonyms and Antonyms of despondent
- after four days and still no word that the missing plane had been located, the relatives were despondent
blue, brokenhearted, crestfallen, dejected, depressed, disconsolate, doleful, down, downcast, downhearted, gloomy, glum, hangdog, heartbroken, heartsick, heartsore, inconsolable, joyless, low, low-spirited, melancholy, miserable, mournful, sad, saddened, sorrowful, sorry, unhappy, woebegone, woeful, wretched
abject, disappointed, discouraged, disheartened, dispirited
bleak, cheerless, comfortless, dark, depressing, desolate, dismal, drear, dreary, funereal
ecstatic, elated, enraptured, entranced, euphoric, exhilarated, exuberant, exultant
blithe, blithesome, gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, lightsome, merry, mirthful
animated, jaunty, lively, perky, sprightful, sprightly, vivacious
blissful, buoyant, cheerful, cheery, chipper, delighted, glad, gladdened, gladsome, gleeful, happy, joyful, joyous, jubilant, sunny, upbeat
- feeling despondent over the death of another close friend
bad, blue, brokenhearted, cast down, crestfallen, dejected, depressed, disconsolate, doleful, down, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, droopy, forlorn, gloomy, glum, hangdog, heartbroken, heartsick, heartsore, heavyhearted, inconsolable, joyless, low, low-spirited, melancholic, melancholy, miserable, mournful, sad, saddened, sorrowful, sorry, unhappy, woebegone, woeful, wretched