Despondent
Despondent adjective - Feeling or showing no hope.
Usage example: after four days and still no word that the missing plane had been located, the relatives were despondent
Elated
Elated adjective - Experiencing or marked by overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion.
Usage example: she was elated upon learning that she had been accepted by her first-choice college
Despondent is an antonym for elated.
Both words in one sentence
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Colour-Coded Emotions: The colors of the backgrounds of characters change depending how much of an emotion they experience: if enraged, the backgrounds turn red; if despondent, blue; if appalled, white; and if elated, yellow.
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