Despondency
[dɪ'spɒnd(ə)nsɪ]
Definition
(n.) The state of desponding; loss of hope and cessation of effort; discouragement; depression or dejection of the mind.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Dejection, discouragement, depression, sadness, MELANCHOLY, gloom, blues, blue devils, lowness of spirits.
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Examples
- There is a sort of jealousy which needs very little fire: it is hardly a passion, but a blight bred in the cloudy, damp despondency of uneasy egoism. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- She thought with sickening despondency, that that friend--the only one, the one who had felt such a regard for her--was fallen away. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Meyler's spirits sunk into despondency: he actually shed tears, which, with him, was a very unusual event. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Miss Briggs and I are plunged in grief and despondency for the death of our Papa, Rebecca said. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She saw my despondency, and the aching cares of Idris. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- His recent despondency, not to say despair, was gone in a moment. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- A desolate calm succeeded; and the middle of the week found him settled down in the despondency of low, slow fever. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Somehow, I found that I had taken leave of Traddles for the night, and come back to the coffee-house, with a great change in my despondency about him. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Ponsonby answered that I was very good; but in the greatest despondency. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- My grief seemed now to settle in deep despondency. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- All this she saw with the clearness of vision that came to her in moments of despondency. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I've been a-thinking,' said Mr Boffin, in a tone of despondency, 'that I must keep the knowledge from my old lady. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Oh, that would not do--that would be worse than anything, she said with a more childlike despondency, while the tears rolled down. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- When this despondency was at its worst, I believed that I should die. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- With this expression of feeling for his unfortunate friend, Master Bates sat himself on the nearest chair with an aspect of chagrin and despondency. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
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