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despondency
[ dih-spon-duhn-see ]
noun
- state of being despondent; depression of spirits from loss of courage or hope; dejection.
Synonyms: gloom, melancholy
Antonyms: joy
Other Words From
- pre·de·spond·en·cy noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of despondency1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Rebekah could be a poster child for the current PhD despondency.
He sings angrily and directly to Anna about his feelings, his despondency, his pain—“Why do I have to pay attorney fees?!”
We recollect sharing in the despondency, and even despair, which paralysed our party.
She felt she had been childish and unwise the night before in giving herself over to despondency.
There was no despondency when she fell asleep that night; nor was there hope when she awoke in the morning.
From the councillors down to the humblest settlers all was despondency and discontent.
Her reins and her heart were all gone—was not that enough to cause those fits of despondency of which she complained?
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