Desponder

/dɪˈspɒndə/ noun

Definition

A person who is prone to despond; someone who frequently loses hope or becomes discouraged.

Etymology

From 'despond' (verb) plus the agent suffix '-er', which creates nouns indicating someone who performs an action. A specialized term for a person characterized by hopelessness.

Kelly Says

Desponder is so archaic that most modern English speakers won't recognize it, but it appears in old psychological texts to describe someone with a melancholic temperament—a personality type they took very seriously.

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