To despond is to become very downhearted or gloomy. You could say that you tend to despond whenever you think about the end of summer.
To give up, the will, courage, or spirit; to be thoroughly disheartened; to lose all courage; to become dispirited or depressed; to take an unhopeful view.
Verb
lose confidence or hope; become dejected; "The supporters of the Presidential candidate desponded when they learned the early results of the election"
v. i.
To give up, the will, courage, or spirit; to be
thoroughly disheartened; to lose all courage; to become dispirited or
depressed; to take an unhopeful view.
n.
Despondency.
Despond
I should despair, or at least despond.
Others depress their own minds, [and] despond at the first difficulty. Locke.We wish that . . . desponding patriotism may turn its eyes hitherward, and be assured that foundations of our national power still stand strong.Syn. -- Despond ,Dispair .Despair implies a total loss of hope, which despond does not, at least in every case; yet despondency is often more lasting than despair, or than desperation, which impels to violent action. Despond
De*spond" n.Despondency. [Obs.]The slough of despond.To give up, the will, courage, or spirit; to be thoroughly disheartened; to lose all courage; to become dispirited or depressed; to take an unhopeful view.
Despondency.
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