Word: desponding
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: de
spon
ding
Definition: That causes despondency; disheartening.
Morphemes:
Affix: despond
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Despondency; feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless
Etymology Compounds: Affix: dē
Language: la
Decoded: de
Meaning: from
Affix: spondeō
Language: la
Decoded: spondeo
Meaning: promise
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form uncountable nouns from verbs denoting the act of doing something, an action.