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despondency

[ dih-spon-duhn-see ]

/ dɪˈspɒn dən si /

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noun

state of being despondent; depression of spirits from loss of courage or hope; dejection.

SYNONYMS FOR despondency

melancholy, gloom.

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Also de·spond·ence [dih-spon-duhns] /dɪˈspɒn dəns/ .

Origin of despondency

First recorded in 1645–55; despond + -ency

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OTHER WORDS FROM despondency

pre·de·spond·en·cy, noun

Words nearby despondency

despiteous, Des Plaines, despoil, despoliation, despond, despondency, despondent, despot, despotic, despotic monarchy, despotism

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Example sentences from the Web for despondency

Rebekah could be a poster child for the current PhD despondency.
Is a GED More Valuable Than a PhD?|Kai Ma|January 13, 2009|DAILY BEAST
He sings angrily and directly to Anna about his feelings, his despondency, his pain—“Why do I have to pay attorney fees?!”
Kanye's Heartbreak|Touré|December 2, 2008|DAILY BEAST
We recollect sharing in the despondency, and even despair, which paralysed our party.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
She felt she had been childish and unwise the night before in giving herself over to despondency.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin

There was no despondency when she fell asleep that night; nor was there hope when she awoke in the morning.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
From the councillors down to the humblest settlers all was despondency and discontent.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
Her reins and her heart were all gone—was not that enough to cause those fits of despondency of which she complained?
Women of Modern France|Hugo P. Thieme

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