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DESPONDENCE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless

Synonyms:

despondence; despondency; disconsolateness; heartsickness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("despondence" is a kind of...):

depression (sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy)

Derivation:

despond (lose confidence or hope; become dejected)

despondent (without or almost without hope)

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