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despondency

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de·spon·den·cy  (d-spndn-s)
n.
Depression of spirits from loss of hope, confidence, or courage; dejection.
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Noun1.despondency - feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless
depression - sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy

despondency
noun dejection, depression, despair, misery, gloom, sadness, desperation, melancholy, hopelessness, the hump (Brit. informal), discouragement, wretchedness, low spirits, disconsolateness, dispiritedness, downheartedness There's a mood of gloom and despondency in the country.
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despondency [dɪsˈpɒndənsɪ] N despondence [disˈpɒndəns] Nabatimiento m, desaliento m, pesimismo m
despondency [dɪˈspɒndənsi] n (= dejection) → découragement m, abattement m
despondency [dɪsˈpɒndənsɪ] n (frm) → abbattimento, avvilimento
despondency [dɪsˈpɒndənsɪ] n (frm) → abbattimento, avvilimento


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There was no despondency when she fell asleep that night; nor was there hope when she awoke in the morning.
I was in this despondency when a sudden recollection of Irene and Mrs.
And the despondency of the next morning's dawn, when it was no longer Sunday, but Monday; and no best clothes; and the laughing visitors were gone, and she awoke alone in her old bed, the innocent younger children breathing softly around her.
 
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