MEANING
To lose hope or courage, especially after repeated setbacks or a difficult disappointment.
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After the third delay, the volunteers began to despond.
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- Base
- despond
- Past tense
- desponded
- Past participle
- desponded
- Present participle
- desponding
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- despond
- Present continuous
- am/is/are desponding
- Present perfect
- have/has desponded
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been desponding
- Past
- desponded
- Past continuous
- was/were desponding
- Past perfect
- had desponded
- Past perfect continuous
- had been desponding
- Future
- will despond
- Future continuous
- will be desponding
- Future perfect
- will have desponded
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been desponding
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