English dictionary

despondency

/d/I/'sp/A/nd/@/ns/i/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless

noun.feeling

Synonyms despondence disconsolateness heartsickness

Source: WordNet 3.0
The state of desponding; loss of hope and cessation of effort; discouragement; depression or dejection of the mind.

noun

Source: webster1913