despondence Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless
    despondency; disconsolateness; heartsickness.

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De*spond"ence noun
Definitions
  1. Despondency.
    The people, when once infected, lose their relish for happiness [and] saunter about with looks of despondence. Goldsmith.

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