acedia, death wish, despair, disconsolateness, down trip, drooping spirits, low spirits, no exit, pessimism, spiritlessness
Definitionn. feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless
Last update: August 30, 2015
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The team had assembled on the commodious front cabin of Frogmoore and despondency set in. [noun]
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Tony Juniper, director of Friends of the Earth, said that despondency was not the answer. [noun]
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She begged him not to fatigue himself with too long stages, and went back to the silent house, thankful to be alone in her despondency. [noun]
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And with those words the last heaviness of despondency left her face for that day. [noun]
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But, faint-hearted soul, is that a cause for despondency. [noun]
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There are periods of despondency and suffering which take possession of me. [noun]
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Despondency had come upon her there in the wakeful night, and had never lifted. [noun]
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With this expression of feeling for his unfortunate friend, Master Bates sat himself on the nearest chair with an aspect of chagrin and despondency. [noun]
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There was no despondency when she fell asleep that night; nor was there hope when she awoke in the morning. [noun]
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Each morning she awoke with hope, and each night she was a prey to despondency. [noun]
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His whole person breathed lowliness and firmness and an indescribable courageous despondency. [noun]
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