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despondency
noun de·spon·den·cy \-dən-sē\
Definition of DESPONDENCY
: the state of being despondent : dejection, hopelessness
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First Known Use of DESPONDENCY
1653
Related to DESPONDENCY
- Synonyms
- blue devils, blues, dejection, depression, desolation, despond, despondence, sadness, disconsolateness, dispiritedness, doldrums, dolefulness, downheartedness, dreariness, dumps, forlornness, gloom, gloominess, glumness, heartsickness, joylessness, melancholy, miserableness, mopes, mournfulness, oppression, sorrowfulness, unhappiness
- Antonyms
- bliss, blissfulness, ecstasy, elatedness, elation, euphoria, exhilaration, exuberance, exultation, felicity, gladness, gladsomeness, happiness, heaven, intoxication, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, jubilation, rapture, rapturousness
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despondency
noun de·spon·den·cy \di-ˈspän-dən-sē\
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