despondent

• Mimi daily grew more and more despondent, as though, now that we were beginning to grow up, she looked for nothing good from any one or anything When, on the day of which I am speaking, I went in to luncheon I found only Mimi, Katenka, Lubotshka, and St. Jerome in the dining-room. —  Youth
• It found her despondent, almost despairing; at the last moment she was ready to draw back. —  Mary Anderson
• I am manager Hope drew back despondent, and his haggard countenance fell at such prompt repulse. —  A Perilous Secret
• She grew despondent, and the Cross family used every means to win her away from her sorrow Mr. Cross' mother, to whom he was devotedly attached, had also died, and the loneliness of both made their companionship more comforting. —  Lives of Girls Who Became Famous
• So despondent was his temper, that he showed no outward thrill of ecstasy when Miss Pecksniff placed her lily hand in his, and concealed this mark of her favour from the vulgar gaze by covering it with a corner of her shawl. —  Martin Chuzzlewit

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