despondency

The Chinese government is taking aim at an emotion that has become all too common on the country's internet - despondency.

The initial excitement of a leadership contest and the opportunity to renew their party in opposition has given way, for many Conservative MPs, to a deep and deepening despondency.

Together, they selflessly work to keep each other from sinking further into despondency, substance abuse, and places where “the ghosts never leave.”

The group's UK Director, Luke Tryl, diagnoses a "despondency or misery about the state of Britain that doesn't feel sustainable".

What you were left with at the end was a feeling of despondency at how poor Scotland actually were.