despondency

Meaning

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

Synonyms

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

Translations

Mutlosigkeit

scoraggiamento

abattement

Verzagtheit

désespoir

accablement

découragement

desaliento

Entmutigung

depressione

bedroefdheid

tristesse

Niedergeschlagenheit

αθυμία

Verzweiflung

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈspɒndənsi/

Etymology

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