Despondency

//dɪˈspɒndənsi// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The loss of hope or confidence; despair or dejection. countable, uncountable

    "Not everyone succumbed to such nostalgia and despondency. Some saw the existential threat to Scots as a call to document what remained."

  2. 2
    feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless wordnet
  3. 3
    A feeling of depression or disheartenment. countable, uncountable

    "He kissed her brow, and left her. She watched him unconsciously, till the winding walk hid him from her sight, and then sank back on her seat, every nerve relaxing from its high-strained excitement into utter and still despondency."

Etymology

From Latin dēspondentia, from dēspondēns + -ia. Equivalent to despondent + -ency.

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