DESPONDENCY

despondency, despondence, heartsickness, disconsolateness

(noun) feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

despondency (countable and uncountable, plural despondencies)

The loss of hope or confidence; despair or dejection.

A feeling of depression or disheartenment.

Source: Wiktionary


De*spond"en*cy, n.

Definition: The state of desponding; loss of hope and cessation of effort; discouragement; depression or dejection of the mind. The unhappy prince seemed, during some days, to be sunk in despondency. Macaulay.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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