📖 Definitions of "Despondency"
noun
- 1
The loss of hope or confidence; despair or dejection.
- 2
A feeling of depression or disheartenment.
🔄 Synonyms of "Despondency"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| despondencenoun | The state of being downcast or despondent. |
| disconsolatenessnoun | (uncountable) The state of being disconsolate; gloom. |
| heartsicknessnoun | The condition of being heartsick |
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| disconsolatenessnoun | (uncountable) The state of being disconsolate; gloom. |
| despondencenoun | The state of being downcast or despondent. |
| heartsicknessnoun | The condition of being heartsick |
| despairnoun | Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency. |
| desperationnoun | A state of despair, or utter hopelessness; abandonment of hope. |
| hopelessnessnoun | A lack of hope; despair. |
| discouragementnoun | The loss of confidence or enthusiasm. |
| dismaynoun | A sudden or complete loss of courage and firmness in the face of trouble or danger; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits |
| disappointmentnoun | (uncountable) The feeling or state of being disappointed: a feeling of sadness or frustration when something is not as good as one hoped or expected, or when something bad unexpectedly happens. |
| malaisenoun | A feeling of general bodily discomfort, fatigue or unpleasantness, often at the onset of illness. |
| distressnoun | Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature. |
| frustrationnoun | The feeling of annoyance at impossibility from resistance or inability to achieve something. |
| abatementnoun | The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; a moderation; removal or putting an end to; the suppression. |
| reductionnoun | The act, process, or result of reducing. |
| deductionnoun | A sum that can be removed in tax calculations, usually from the taxable amount; something that is written off. |
| desponding | That causes or communicates despondency; disheartening or despondent. |
| despairingnoun | A mood or display of despair. |
| slough of despondnoun | (figuratively) A state of disheartening hopelessness; pit of despair. |
| low spiritsnoun | A state of despondence or melancholy. |
| dejectionnoun | A state of melancholy or depression; low spirits, the blues. |
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