mindmap root((失落)) despondent implies a deep dejection arising from a conviction of the uselessness of further effort: ~ over the death of her father. despairing suggests the slipping away of all hope and often an accompanying despondency: ~ appeals for the return of the kidnapped boy. desperate implies such despair as prompts reckless action or violence in the face of anticipated defeat or frustration: one last ~ attempt to turn the tide of the war. hopeless suggests despair and the cessation of effort or resistance and often implies acceptance or resignation: the situation of the trapped miners is ~. downcast implies being overcome by shame, mortification, or loss of hope or confidence and an utter lack of cheerfulness: negative reviews left the actors feeling ~. dispirited implies extreme low-spiritedness and discouragement resulting from failure to accomplish what one wants or to achieve one's goal: ~, the doomed explorers resigned themselves to failure. dejected implies a sudden but often temporary severe loss of hope, courage, or vigor: a crushing defeat that left the team in a ~ mood. depressed may imply either a temporary or a chronic low-spiritedness and may indicate a serious inability to be normally happy and active: ~ by his failure to the point of suicide. disconsolate implies being inconsolable or very uncomfortable: ~ motorists leaning against their disabled car. woebegone suggests a defeated, spiritless condition and emphasizes the impression of dejection and discouragement produced by facial expression, posture, and surroundings: a rundown, ~ motel on an empty back road.