despondency, despondence, heartsickness, disconsolateness
(noun) feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless
Source: WordNet® 3.1
despondence (countable and uncountable, plural despondences)
The state of being downcast or despondent.
• despondency
Source: Wiktionary
De*spond"ence, n.
Definition: Despondency. The people, when once infected, lose their relish for happiness [and] saunter about with looks of despondence. Goldsmith.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 November 2024
(adjective) causing or able to cause nausea; “a nauseating smell”; “nauseous offal”; “a sickening stench”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
