Despondency

//dɪˈspɒndənsi//

Synonyms for "despondency" (90 found)

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Related words (45)

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Translations

74 translations across 24 languages.

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Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • δυσθυμία noun (loss of hope or confidence)
  • δυσθυμία noun (a feeling of depression or disheartenment)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • безнадеждност noun (loss of hope or confidence)
  • отчаяние noun (loss of hope or confidence)
  • униние noun (a feeling of depression or disheartenment)

Catalan

4 entries
  • abatiment noun (a feeling of depression or disheartenment)
  • desesper noun (loss of hope or confidence)
  • desesperació noun (loss of hope or confidence)
  • desànim noun (a feeling of depression or disheartenment)

Czech

2 entries
  • malomyslnost noun (loss of hope or confidence)
  • malomyslnost noun (a feeling of depression or disheartenment)

Danish

2 entries
  • modløshed noun (loss of hope or confidence)
  • modløshed noun (a feeling of depression or disheartenment)

Dutch

4 entries
  • radeloosheid noun (loss of hope or confidence)
  • radeloosheid noun (a feeling of depression or disheartenment)
  • wanhoop noun (loss of hope or confidence)
  • wanhoop noun (a feeling of depression or disheartenment)

French

2 entries
  • abattement noun (a feeling of depression or disheartenment)
  • désespoir noun (loss of hope or confidence)

German

4 entries
  • Mutlosigkeit noun (loss of hope or confidence)
  • Mutlosigkeit noun (a feeling of depression or disheartenment)
  • Niedergeschlagenheit noun (a feeling of depression or disheartenment)
  • Verzagen noun (loss of hope or confidence)

Greek

2 entries
  • αθυμία noun (loss of hope or confidence)
  • αθυμία noun (a feeling of depression or disheartenment)

Irish

2 entries
  • anaoibh noun (a feeling of depression or disheartenment)
  • gruaim noun (a feeling of depression or disheartenment)

Italian

4 entries
  • abbattimento noun (loss of hope or confidence)
  • abbattimento noun (a feeling of depression or disheartenment)
  • sconforto noun (a feeling of depression or disheartenment)
  • scoraggiamento noun (a feeling of depression or disheartenment)

Latin

2 entries
  • maeror noun (a feeling of depression or disheartenment)
  • maestitia noun (a feeling of depression or disheartenment)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • безна́дежност noun (loss of hope or confidence)
  • мало́душност noun (a feeling of depression or disheartenment)
  • о́чај noun (loss of hope or confidence)

Māori

4 entries
  • ngākau pōuri noun (loss of hope or confidence)
  • ngākau pōuri noun (a feeling of depression or disheartenment)
  • rāwakiwaki noun (a feeling of depression or disheartenment)
  • takaruretanga noun (loss of hope or confidence)

Norwegian

4 entries
  • mismot noun (a feeling of depression or disheartenment)
  • mistrøstighet noun (a feeling of depression or disheartenment)
  • motløshet noun (a feeling of depression or disheartenment)
  • nedtrykking noun (a feeling of depression or disheartenment)

Polish

4 entries
  • beznadzieja noun (loss of hope or confidence)
  • zniechęcenie noun (loss of hope or confidence)
  • zniechęcenie noun (a feeling of depression or disheartenment)
  • zwątpienie noun (a feeling of depression or disheartenment)

Romagnol

2 entries
  • abatimént noun (loss of hope or confidence)
  • abatimént noun (a feeling of depression or disheartenment)

Romanian

3 entries
  • disperare noun (loss of hope or confidence)
  • melancolie noun (a feeling of depression or disheartenment)
  • mâhnire noun (a feeling of depression or disheartenment)

Russian

4 entries
  • отчаянье noun (loss of hope or confidence)
  • отчаянье noun (a feeling of depression or disheartenment)
  • уныние noun (a feeling of depression or disheartenment)
  • упадок духа noun (loss of hope or confidence)

Spanish

3 entries
  • descorazonamiento noun (loss of hope or confidence)
  • desesperación noun (loss of hope or confidence)
  • desesperanza noun (loss of hope or confidence)

Swedish

2 entries
  • hopplöshet noun (loss of hope or confidence)
  • modlöshet noun (loss of hope or confidence)

Tagalog

4 entries
  • hinayo noun (loss of hope or confidence)
  • hinayo noun (a feeling of depression or disheartenment)
  • paghihinayo noun (loss of hope or confidence)
  • paghihinayo noun (a feeling of depression or disheartenment)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • silñe noun (a feeling of depression or disheartenment)

Turkish

3 entries
  • cesaretsizlik noun (a feeling of depression or disheartenment)
  • umutsuzluk noun (loss of hope or confidence)
  • ümitsizlik noun (loss of hope or confidence)

Sample sentences

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

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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.

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