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despondency noun [ dɪˈspɒnd(ə)nsi ]

• low spirits from loss of hope or courage; dejection.
• "an air of despondency"
Similar: disheartenment, discouragement, dispiritedness, downheartedness, low spirits, hopelessness, despair, wretchedness, melancholy, gloom, gloominess, glumness, melancholia, misery, depression, desolation, disappointment, dolefulness, dejection, sorrow, sadness, grief, distress, unhappiness, defeatism, pessimism, the doldrums, the blues, heartache,
Opposite: cheerfulness, hopefulness,


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