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Word Meanings - DESPONDENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Marked by despondence; given to despondence; low-spirited; as, a despondent manner; a despondent prisoner. -- De*spond"ent*ly, adv.

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  • SPIRITUOUS
    1. Having the quality of spirit; tenuous in substance, and having active powers or properties; ethereal; immaterial; spiritual; pure. 2. Containing, or of the nature of, alcoholic spirit; consisting of refined spirit; alcoholic; ardent;
  • MARKETABLENESS
    Quality of being marketable.
  • SPIRITUALIZE
    To extract spirit from; also, to convert into, or impregnate with, spirit. (more info) 1. To refine intellectiually or morally; to purify from the corrupting influence of the world; to give a spiritual character or tendency to; as, to spiritualize
  • SPONDEE
    A poetic foot of two long syllables, as in the Latin word leges.
  • MARKETER
    One who attends a market to buy or sell; one who carries goods to market.
  • SPONDYL; SPONDYLE
    A joint of the backbone; a vertebra.
  • SPIRITUOSITY
    The quality or state of being spirituous; spirituousness.
  • MARKETSTEAD
    A market place. Drayton.
  • MARK
    A license of reprisals. See Marque.
  • SPIRITUAL-MINDED
    Having the mind set on spiritual things, or filled with holy desires and affections. -- Spir"it*u*al-mind`ed*ness, n.
  • SPIRITISM
    Spiritualsm.
  • SPIRIT
    Rum, whisky, brandy, gin, and other distilled liquors having much alcohol, in distinction from wine and malt liquors. (more info) 1. Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself. "All of spirit would deprive." Spenser.
  • SPIRITUALISTIC
    Relating to, or connected with, spiritualism.
  • MARKSMAN
    One who makes his mark, instead of writing his name, in signing documents. Burrill. (more info) 1. One skillful to hit a mark with a missile; one who shoots well.
  • MARKABLE
    Remarkable. Sandys.
  • MARKIS
    A marquis. Chaucer.
  • SPIRITUOUSNESS
    The quality or state of being spirituous. Boyle.
  • MARKER
    One who or that which marks. Specifically: One who keeps account of a game played, as of billiards. A counter used in card playing and other games. The soldier who forms the pilot of a wheeling column, or marks the direction of an alignment. An
  • MANNERIST
    One addicted to mannerism; a person who, in action, bearing, or treatment, carries characteristic peculiarities to excess. See citation under Mannerism.
  • SPIRITUAL
    1. Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal; as, a spiritual substance or being. It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. 1 Cor. xv.
  • PUBLIC-SPIRITED
    1. Having, or exercising, a disposition to advance the interest of the community or public; as, public-spirited men. 2. Dictated by a regard to public good; as, a public-spirited project or measure. Addison. -- Pub"lic-spir`it*ed*ly,
  • SEAMARK
    Any elevated object on land which serves as a guide to mariners; a beacon; a landmark visible from the sea, as a hill, a tree, a steeple, or the like. Shak.
  • TRADE-MARK
    A peculiar distinguishing mark or device affixed by a manufacturer or a merchant to his goods, the exclusive right of using which is recognized by law.
  • INCORRESPONDENCE; INCORRESPONDENCY
    Want of correspondence; disagreement; disproportion.
  • BOOKMARK
    Something placed in a book to guide in finding a particular page or passage; also, a label in a book to designate the owner; a bookplate.
  • DISPIRITED
    Depressed in spirits; disheartened; daunted. -- Dis*pir"it*ed*ly, adv. -- Dis*pir"it*ed, n.
  • COMMARK
    The frontier of a country; confines. Shelton.
  • RESPOND
    1. To say somethin in return; to answer; to reply; as, to respond to a question or an argument. 2. To show some effect in return to a force; to act in response; to accord; to correspond; to suit. A new affliction strings a new cord in the heart,
  • REMARKER
    One who remarks.
  • FOOTMARK
    A footprint; a track or vestige. Coleridge.
  • SWANMARK
    A mark of ownership cut on the bill or swan. Encyc. Brit.
  • UNMANNERLY
    Not mannerly; ill-bred; rude. -- adv.
  • NEWMARKET
    A long, closely fitting cloak.
  • COUNTERMARK
    An artificial cavity made in the teeth of horses that have outgrown their natural mark, to disguise their age. (more info) 1. A mark or token added to those already existing, in order to afford security or proof; as, an additional or special mark
  • DISSPIRIT
    See DISPIRIT

 

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