🇬🇧🇨🇳 despondent - 沮丧的 : English Lesson
adjective
Meaning of "despondent" ("沮丧的"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.
Despondent means feeling very, very sad and hopeless, like when you tried your best, things still went wrong, and it feels like nothing will work out—at least for a little while.
I felt despondent when my dramatic slow‑motion entrance to class was ruined by tripping over my own backpack.
After losing at rock-paper-scissors fifteen times in a row, I lay despondent on the floor, questioning the laws of probability.
Our cat looked despondent when the laser pointer turned off, as if joy itself had been unplugged.
The despondent robot sighed, “Beep,” after failing the math test it helped me cheat on.
The despondent dinosaur stared at the sky right before the asteroid came, thinking, “This is NOT how I wanted my day to go.”
A boy sat on the wet curb, despondent, his kite torn and muddy. He watched it drift and felt despondent as the wind failed. Passersby, looking despondent, avoided him; he felt even more despondent. A woman knelt, tied his shoe, smiled, and his shoulders eased — no longer fully despondent; he stood and ran after the kite.
🧑🎓 CEFR Level: C2 Proficient
This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.
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