despondence

[ dih-spon-duhn-see or dih-spon-duhns ]

SEE DEFINITION OF despondence

nounsadness

Synonyms for despondence

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Antonyms for despondence

dolefulness

noun. sadness

Word Origin & History

1670s, from Latin despondere "to give up, lose, lose heart, resign, to promise in marriage" (especially in phrase animam despondere, literally "give up one's soul"), from the sense of a promise to give something away, from de- "away" (see de-) + spondere "to promise" (see spondee). A condition more severe than despair.

Example Sentences fordespondence

I smiled at the despondence in her tone as I extinguished the kerosene lamp-light.

Gloom, silence, and despondence seemed every where to prevail.

To stupify us into despondence, that destruction may certainly seize us?

Out of this mood of despondence I had to lift myself by an act of will.

Of these there was no trace in her eyes, only apathy, weariness, despondence.

“I told you so,” said Casey, not triumphantly, but rather in a tone of despondence.

My fits of despondence were deeper, and of more frequent recurrence.

The poor woman would not quit the floor, even when, in despondence, she gave over her kneeling importunity.

In the train, her despondence was deepened by the thought of having to give an account of the day's experiences when she arrived.

Even the period of his bashfulness and despondence had a tender charm in looking back at it.

despondence

dolefulness

downheartedness

glumness

heavy-heartedness

hopelessness

despondence

More words related to despondence

desperateness

dolefulness

downheartedness

glumness

heavy-heartedness

hopelessness