Vocabulary
Despondency
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
low spirits from loss of hope or courage; dejection.
Urdu meaning
مایوسی، دل شکستگی، پست ہمت
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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This collective despondency affects our interactions, further undermines our already low faith in insti-tutions, and fosters apathy at a time when democratic participation is most needed.How do we address vicarious trauma?
Dawn Editorials —
Vicarious trauma
— 2026-03-28
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Yet it is true that the current political clime in Bangladesh feels more open and hopeful than the gloom engulfing young people here.This despondency is not just due to state authoritarianism or the complicity of the PML-N and PPP.
Dawn Editorials —
A new Bangladesh?
— 2026-02-13
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So, they could laugh with us, and did, but they never laughed at us.I remember, with a lot of fondness, how one of our Urdu teachers had, with one phrase, brought a classfellow of ours out of his despondency when he was really down and out.
Dawn Editorials —
Humour in classrooms
— 2026-02-13
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Despite her despondency, she remains resolute to continue the fight.
Dawn Editorials —
Women of wisdom
— 2025-11-30
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Or is it the PTI`s despondency that its leader may not come out of prison and the party may not come to power in the near future?
Dawn Editorials —
By-elections 2025
— 2025-11-29
Synonyms
disheartenment, discouragement, dispiritedness, downheartedness,
Antonyms
cheerfulness, hopefulness
Curator example
“an air of despondency”
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