Despondent

a.

1.

Marked by despondence; given to despondence; low-spirited; as, a despondent manner; a despondent prisoner.

Adj.

1.

despondent - without or almost without hope; "despondent about his failure"; "too heartsick to fight back" Synonyms: heartsick

affording no hope, apathetic, bleak, blue, bowed-down, cast down, cheerless, comfortless, dashed, dejected, despairing, desperate, desponding, disconsolate, discouraged, disheartened, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, drooping, droopy, feeling low, forlorn, grieving, grim, heartless, hopeless, hypochondriac, hypochondriacal, in despair, in low spirits, in the depths, in the doldrums, in the dumps, languishing, low, low-spirited, miserable, morose, mourning, pessimistic, pining, sorrowful, spiritless, subdued, suicidal, unhappy, unhopeful, weary of life, without hope, woebegone, world-weary