Despondent
Despondent adjective - Feeling unhappiness.
Usage example: feeling despondent over the death of another close friend
Distressed and despondent are semantically related. in melancholy topic. In some cases you can use "Distressed" instead an adjective "Despondent".
Distressed
Distressed adjective - Generalized feeling of distress.
Despondent and distressed are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Despondent" instead an adjective "Distressed".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- upset and despondent
- upset and distressed
- melancholy and despondent
- melancholy and distressed
- woeful and despondent
- woeful and distressed
- downcast and despondent
- downcast and distressed
- dejected and despondent
- dejected and distressed
- depressed and despondent
- depressed and distressed
- sad and despondent
- sad and distressed
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