despondency
noun
state of being despondent; depression of spirits from loss of courage or hope; dejection.
despondence
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a variation of
despondency.
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a word derived from
despondent.
despondentadjectivefeeling or showing profound hopelessness, dejection, discouragement, or gloom.
Example Sentences
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The Godzilla movies, whether American or Japanese, are metaphors for the ravages of warmongering and the despondence of those powerless to escape its wrath.
From Salon ● Mar. 20, 2026
But walking into his office Monday morning, he was performing despondence.
From Slate ● May 16, 2023
Anderson soon began channeling some of his despondence into “Litanies,” a 25-minute meditation for cello and orchestra.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2022
The exodus reflects growing despondence over prospects at home, where the economy has been in free fall and the U.N. says food shortages affect a third of the population.
From Reuters ● Sep. 26, 2022
I put my life at hazard there, which some might account valor; but I knew it for the rashness of despair, the precipitation of utter despondence.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
