despondency
noun/dɪˈspɒndənsi/UK
Etymology
From Latin dēspondentia, from dēspondēns + -ia. Equivalent to despondent + -ency.
- borrowed from dēspondentia
Definitions
The loss of hope or confidence
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.
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.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA