Despondency

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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