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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
despondence, disconsolateness, heartsickness
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


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