despondern.
/dɪˈspɒndə/ rare.
One who desponds.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [noun] > dejected or gloomy person
unhappy hooka1529
drooper1577
disconsolate1631
desponder1689
mope1693
moper1721
despondent1812
misery1888
crape-hanger1921
Dismal Desmond1926
Dismal Jimmy1927
crêpe-hanger1930
Eeyore1932
1689 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) II. 288 More could scarce be said to encourage desponders.
1737 J. Swift Proposal Badges to Beggars 16 I am a Desponder in my Nature.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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n.1689- skin yard
- skin'emalive
- skin-'em-alive
- skin-and-boner
- skin-and-bony
- skin-beater
- skin-bottle
- skin-bound
- skin-breaking
- skin-built
- skin-changer
- skin-clad
- skin-clipping
- skin-cover
- skin-covered
- skin-cutting
- skin-dealer
- skin-deep
- skin-dive
- skin-dived
- skin-diver
- skin-dives
- skin-diving
- skin-dresser
- skin-dressing