Despondent
Despondent adjective - Feeling or showing no hope.
Languishing and despondent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Languishing" instead an adjective "Despondent".
Languishing
Languishing adjective - Lacking bodily energy or motivation.
Despondent and languishing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Despondent" instead an adjective "Languishing".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- low and despondent
- low and languishing
- down and despondent
- down and languishing
- melancholy and despondent
- melancholy and languishing
- dismal and despondent
- dismal and languishing
- downcast and despondent
- downcast and languishing
- dejected and despondent
- dejected and languishing
- sad and despondent
- sad and languishing
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