despondency

Certainly, hope is an important psychological motivator for many people, and relying solely on doom-and-gloom messaging could push some people into despondency.

In the east that all combines with a despondency and frustration that’s been brewing for years, even decades – about the results of German reunification.

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

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

As much as Italian joy will linger, so too will Scotland despondency.