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despondency

[dih-spon-duhn-see] / dɪˈspɒn dən si /


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Arsenal's joy in Italy contrasted with despondency in Norway for Premier League heavyweights Man City.

From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026

"To get constant rejections just left me in an even deeper pit of despair and despondency."

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2025

On the national front, there is an air of despondency.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2024

But is that enough to cause this overwhelming sense of despondency across the culture at large?

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2024

“When Olmsted is blue,” a friend once wrote, “the logic of his despondency is crushing and terrible.”

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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