despondency
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despondency
- /dɪˈspɒndənsi/ UK
Where it comes from
From Latin dēspondentia, from dēspondēns + -ia. Equivalent to despondent + -ency.
noun despondencies
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The loss of hope or confidence; despair or dejection.
Not everyone succumbed to such nostalgia and despondency. Some saw the existential threat to Scots as a call to document what remained.
Similar: despair, desperation, despond, despondency, hopelessness, unhope, wanhope
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A feeling of depression or disheartenment.
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.
Similar: melancholy, sorrow, blueness, tristesse, mirthlessness, blues, crestfallenness, dejection, depression, despondency, distress, dolefulness
Translations
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noun loss of hope or confidence
| Español | desesperanza, desesperación, descorazonamiento |
|---|---|
| Français | désespoir |
| Deutsch | Verzagtheit, Mutlosigkeit, Verzweiflung, Verzagen |
| Italiano | abbattimento |
| Ελληνικά | αθυμία athymía |
| Română | disperare |
| Русский | упадок духа upadok duxa, отчаянье otčajanʹje |
noun a feeling of depression or disheartenment
| Français | abattement |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Niedergeschlagenheit, Mutlosigkeit |
| Italiano | abbattimento, scoraggiamento, sconforto |
| Ελληνικά | αθυμία athymía |
| Română | mâhnire, melancolie |
| Русский | отчаянье otčajanʹje, уныние unynije |
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title = {despondency},
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