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despond

[dɪ'spɔnd] брит. / амер.

гл.; книжн.
падать духом, унывать, терять надежду
= despondency

Psychology (En-Ru)

despond

падать духом, унывать, терять веру, терять надежду

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"But this despond ill becomes us.
Хотя твоё уныние грозит заразить и нас.
Donaldson, Stephen R. / The One TreeДональдсон, Стивен Р. / Первое дерево
Первое дерево
Дональдсон, Стивен Р.
The One Tree
Donaldson, Stephen R.
© 1982 by Stephen R. Donaldson

Impossible to drive, though earlier he had driven, had made it to Little Despond and back, following up on the oil spill.
Ехать на машине было невозможно, хотя он раньше ездил. Он добирался до Малого Деспонда и назад, когда отслеживал продолжение нефтяной темы.
Proulx, Annie / The Shipping NewsПрул, Энни / Корабельные новости
Корабельные новости
Прул, Энни
© 1993 by Annie Proulx
© Издание на русском языке, перевод. ЗАО ТИД "Амфора", 2005
The Shipping News
Proulx, Annie
© 1993 by Annie Proulx

My father calmed me with assurances of their welfare and endeavoured, by dwelling on these subjects so interesting to my heart, to raise my desponding spirits;
Отец успокоил меня, заверив, что у них все благополучно, и старался, распространяясь на столь интересующие меня темы, поднять мой дух.
Shelley, Mary / Frankenstein; or, the Modern PrometheusШелли, Мэри / Франкенштейн, или Современный Прометей
Франкенштейн, или Современный Прометей
Шелли, Мэри
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1989
Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus
Shelley, Mary

"I can do no more, Sir John," he muttered in a desponding voice.
— Больше я ничего не могу сделать, сэр Джон. — В приглушенном голосе врача звучала полная безнадежность.
Sabatini, Rafael / The Sea-HawkСабатини, Рафаэль / Морской ястреб
Морской ястреб
Сабатини, Рафаэль
© Тихонов Н Н., наследники, 2008
© ООО "Издательский дом «Вече», 2008
The Sea-Hawk
Sabatini, Rafael
© 2007 BiblioBazaar

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dɪ'spɔndVerbпадать духом; унывать; терять надежду

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Collocations

slough of despond

трясина отчаяния

the Slough of Despond

пучина отчаяния

the Slough of Despond

Трясина Отчаяния

Word forms

despond

noun, singular

	Singular
Common case	despond
Possessive case	-

despond

verb

Basic forms
Past	desponded
Imperative	despond
Present Participle (Participle I)	desponding
Past Participle (Participle II)	desponded

Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I despond	we despond
you despond	you despond
he/she/it desponds	they despond

Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am desponding	we are desponding
you are desponding	you are desponding
he/she/it is desponding	they are desponding

Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have desponded	we have desponded
you have desponded	you have desponded
he/she/it has desponded	they have desponded

Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been desponding	we have been desponding
you have been desponding	you have been desponding
he/she/it has been desponding	they have been desponding

Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I desponded	we desponded
you desponded	you desponded
he/she/it desponded	they desponded

Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was desponding	we were desponding
you were desponding	you were desponding
he/she/it was desponding	they were desponding

Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had desponded	we had desponded
you had desponded	you had desponded
he/she/it had desponded	they had desponded

Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been desponding	we had been desponding
you had been desponding	you had been desponding
he/she/it had been desponding	they had been desponding

Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will despond	we shall/will despond
you will despond	you will despond
he/she/it will despond	they will despond

Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be desponding	we shall/will be desponding
you will be desponding	you will be desponding
he/she/it will be desponding	they will be desponding

Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have desponded	we shall/will have desponded
you will have desponded	you will have desponded
he/she/it will have desponded	they will have desponded

Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been desponding	we shall/will have been desponding
you will have been desponding	you will have been desponding
he/she/it will have been desponding	they will have been desponding

Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would despond	we should/would despond
you would despond	you would despond
he/she/it would despond	they would despond

Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be desponding	we should/would be desponding
you would be desponding	you would be desponding
he/she/it would be desponding	they would be desponding

Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have desponded	we should/would have desponded
you would have desponded	you would have desponded
he/she/it would have desponded	they would have desponded

Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been desponding	we should/would have been desponding
you would have been desponding	you would have been desponding
he/she/it would have been desponding	they would have been desponding

Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am desponded	we are desponded
you are desponded	you are desponded
he/she/it is desponded	they are desponded

Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being desponded	we are being desponded
you are being desponded	you are being desponded
he/she/it is being desponded	they are being desponded

Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been desponded	we have been desponded
you have been desponded	you have been desponded
he/she/it has been desponded	they have been desponded

Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was desponded	we were desponded
you were desponded	you were desponded
he/she/it was desponded	they were desponded

Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being desponded	we were being desponded
you were being desponded	you were being desponded
he/she/it was being desponded	they were being desponded

Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been desponded	we had been desponded
you had been desponded	you had been desponded
he/she/it had been desponded	they had been desponded

Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be desponded	we shall/will be desponded
you will be desponded	you will be desponded
he/she/it will be desponded	they will be desponded

Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been desponded	we shall/will have been desponded
you will have been desponded	you will have been desponded
he/she/it will have been desponded	they will have been desponded

The Universal DictionaryIt is intended for a full-text search and it significantly expands the possibilities of working with lexical items from the Russian glossary of LingvoUniversal. Contains usage examples, synonyms, and antonyms.

despond

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despond

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despond

despond

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