despondency

Signification (Anglais)

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

Concepts

abattement

accablement

découragement

désespoir

tristesse

découragé

dépression

pusillanimité

Synonymes

despair

dejection

sadness

despondence

melancholy

depression

grief

sorrow

unhappiness

discouragement

desperation

gloom

disconsolateness

heartsickness

hopelessness

low spirits

disheartenment

downheartedness

gloomy

glumness

languishing

megrims

melancholia

misery

moroseness

muddle

regret

sombreness

sorrowfulness

tristesse

trouble

turbidness

woe

worry

pain

heavy-heartedness

depression of spirits

discouragment

blues

wofare

cheerlessness

consternation

damp

demoralization

despondent

disappointment

disconsolation

discourage

discouraged

dismay

Traductions

Mutlosigkeit

scoraggiamento

Verzagtheit

desaliento

tristeza

Entmutigung

desânimo

radeloosheid

αθυμία

bedroefdheid

abatimento

Verzweiflung

Niedergeschlagenheit

depressione

wanhoop

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/dɪˈspɒndənsi/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Latin dēspondentia, from dēspondēns + -ia. Equivalent to despondent + -ency.