Meaning of Despondency | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The loss of hope or confidence; despair or dejection.
   countable, uncountable
2. A feeling of depression or disheartenment.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Not everyone succumbed to such nostalgia and despondency. Some saw the existential threat to Scots as a call to document what remained.”

“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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