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despondency

(dɪspɒndənsi)
uncountable noun
Despondency is a strong feeling of unhappiness caused by difficulties which you feel you cannot overcome.
There's a mood of gloom and despondency in the country.
Synonyms: dejection, depression, despair, misery More Synonyms of despondency

despondency in American English

(dɪˈspɑndənsi)
noun
loss of courage or hope; dejection
: also deˈspondence (dɪˈspɑndəns)
Word origin
see despondent

Examples of 'despondency' in a sentence
despondency

But his despondency goes deeper than politics.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Failure to do so will lead to a legacy of isolation, despair and despondency.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
What visitors fed on the tabloid media diet of gloom and despondency might find surprising are the smiles and laughter they will encounter.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Wouldn't they have spread alarm and despondency?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Each was intent on spreading alarm and despondency about the effects on safety of the cost-cutting regime.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Practice periods that end in gloom and despondency must be avoided - they have the opposite effect of reinforcing or "conditioning" helplessness.
Evans, Andrew The Secrets of Musical Confidence (1994)
(noun) 
There's a mood of gloom and despondency in the country.
Synonyms
dejection
There was a slight air of dejection about her.
depression
I slid into a depression and found it hard to go to work.
despair
She shook her head in despair at the futility of it all.
misery
All that money brought nothing but misery.
gloom
the deepening gloom over the economy
sadness
It is with a mixture of sadness and joy that I say farewell.
desperation
this feeling of desperation and helplessness
melancholy
We watched the process with an air of melancholy.
hopelessness
the hump (British, informal)
discouragement
There's a sense of discouragement creeping into the workforce.
wretchedness
low spirits
disconsolateness
dispiritedness
downheartedness

Additional synonyms

in the sense of depression
Definition
a mental state in which a person has feelings of gloom and inadequacy
I slid into a depression and found it hard to go to work.
Synonyms
despair,
misery,
sadness,
the dumps (informal),
the blues,
melancholy,
unhappiness,
hopelessness,
despondency,
the hump (British, informal),
bleakness,
melancholia,
dejection,
wretchedness,
low spirits,
gloominess,
dolefulness,
cheerlessness,
downheartedness
in the sense of despair
Definition
total loss of hope
She shook her head in despair at the futility of it all.
Synonyms
despondency,
depression,
misery,
gloom,
desperation,
anguish,
melancholy,
hopelessness,
dejection,
wretchedness,
disheartenment
in the sense of desperation
Definition
the state of being desperate
this feeling of desperation and helplessness
Synonyms
misery,
worry,
trouble,
pain,
anxiety,
torture,
despair,
agony,
sorrow,
distraction,
anguish,
unhappiness,
heartache,
hopelessness,
despondency

Nearby words of
despondency

  • despite
  • despoil
  • despoliation
  • despondency
  • despondent
  • despot
  • despotic

Synonyms of 'despondency'

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