Despondency - English meaning

noun

Feelings of severe despondency and dejection.

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Self-doubt creeps in and that swiftly turns to depression

noun

A feeling of sadness, or medical a type of mental illness that causes long periods of unhappiness

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I’m just beginning to get over the depression from losing my job., medical tiredness, loss of appet…

noun

A recession (= time of low economic activity, when investments lose value, businesses fail and people lose their jobs) that lasts for a long period of time, usually several years

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Plunge/slide into depression the thirties saw the world plunge into depression., the wall street cr…

noun

A state of complete emptiness or destruction.

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The stony desolation of the desert

noun

The complete loss or absence of hope.

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A voice full of self-hatred and despair

verb

Lose or be without hope.

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We should not despair

noun

A feeling of being without hope or of not being able to improve a situation

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A few sad moments doesn’t imply feelings of despair., she flung up her arms in despair and wailed.,…

noun

A loss of confidence or enthusiasm; dispiritedness.

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Do not give in to discouragement

noun

A feeling of being less confident or less hopeful

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He had known discouragement and failure, but in the end he persevered and wound up with a successfu…

noun

The feeling of not having much hope about a particular situation or problem

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There is a dispiritedness about the team these days.

noun

Partial or total darkness.

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He strained his eyes peering into the gloom

verb

Have a dark or sombre appearance.

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The black gibbet glooms beside the way

noun

Lack of hope

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Gloom and anger replaced her earlier upbeat mood., up ahead they could see lights in the gloom.

noun

The state of being unhappy or without hope

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The sheer gloominess of the prime minister's message has attracted much comment., economists said t…

noun

Quiet disappointment or sadness

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It's the best cure for glumness and despondency that i know., his face is a vision of glumness.

noun

A feeling or state of despair; lack of hope.

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His face bears the expression of utter hopelessness

noun

The feeling or state of being without hope

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I find the hopelessness of the situation very depressing., utter hopelessness about your future is …

noun

A feeling of deep sadness; melancholy.

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The haunting melancholia that dominates the album

noun

A feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause.

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An air of melancholy surrounded him

adjective

Having a feeling of melancholy; sad and pensive.

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She felt a little melancholy

adjective

Feeling or expressing sadness

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A melancholy song, larry is in a very melancholy mood.

noun

A state or feeling of great physical or mental distress or discomfort.

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A man who had brought her nothing but misery

noun

Great unhappiness

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[ u ] with the rice harvest, hope is sprouting amid the misery.

noun

The state of being unpleasant or of low quality

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He couldn't stand the wretchedness of life at home., they were doomed to a life of wretchedness and…