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despondency (noun)

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  • despondency — despondent ► ADJECTIVE ▪ in low spirits from loss of hope or courage. DERIVATIVES despondency noun despondently adverb. ORIGIN from Latin despondere give up, abandon …   English terms dictionary

  • despondency — noun the despondency of the refugees was captured in this documentary Syn: hopelessness, despair, discouragement, low spirits, wretchedness; melancholy, gloom, misery, desolation, disappointment, disheartenment, dejection, sadness, unhappiness;… …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • despondency — noun Date: 1653 the state of being despondent ; dejection, hopelessness …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • despondency — noun a) The loss of hope or confidence; despair or dejection. b) A feeling of depression or disheartenment …   Wiktionary

  • despondency — noun feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑despondence, ↑heartsickness, ↑disconsolateness • Derivationally related forms: ↑disconsolate (for: ↑disconsolaten …   Useful english dictionary

  • despondency — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. dejection, despair, sadness; see depression 2 , desperation 1 , gloom 2 , grief 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Utter lack of hope: despair, desperateness, desperation, despond, despondence, hopelessness. See HOPE. 2 …   English dictionary for students

  • despondency — /dəˈspɒndənsi/ (say duh sponduhnsee) noun a state of being despondent; depression of spirits from loss of courage or hope; dejection. Also, despondence …  

  • despondent — adjective in low spirits from loss of hope or courage. Derivatives despondence noun despondency noun despondently adverb …   English new terms dictionary

  • despondent — adjective unhappy and not hopeful: Gill had been out of work for a year and was getting very despondent. despondency noun (U) despondently adverb: He was staring despondently into the distance …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • despondent — UK [dɪˈspɒndənt] / US [dɪˈspɑndənt] adjective very unhappy because you do not believe that an unpleasant situation will improve Derived words: despondency noun uncountable despondently adverb …   English dictionary

  • despondent — [dɪˈspɒndənt] adj very unhappy because you do not believe that an unpleasant situation will improve despondency noun [U] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

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