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despondency - 3 dictionary results

de⋅spond⋅en⋅cy

[di-spon-duhn-see]
–noun
state of being despondent; depression of spirits from loss of courage or hope; dejection.
Also, de⋅spond⋅ence.


Origin:
1645–55; despond + -ency


melancholy, gloom. See despair.


joy.
de·spon·den·cy   (dĭ-spŏn'dən-sē)   
n.  Depression of spirits from loss of hope, confidence, or courage; dejection.

Despondency

De*spond"en*cy\, n. The state of desponding; loss of hope and cessation of effort; discouragement; depression or dejection of the mind.

The unhappy prince seemed, during some days, to be sunk in despondency. --Macaulay.
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