Despondence

Despondence
Despondence De*spond"ence, n. Despondency. [1913 Webster]

The people, when once infected, lose their relish for happiness [and] saunter about with looks of despondence. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]


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  • despondence — index depression, pessimism Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • despondence — 1670s, from L. despondere to give up, lose, lose heart, resign, to promise in marriage (especially in phrase animam despondere, lit. give up one s soul ), from the sense of a promise to give something away, from de away (see DE (Cf. de )) +… …   Etymology dictionary

  • despondence — noun Date: 1657 despondency …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • despondence — de·spon·dence (dĭ spŏnʹdəns) n. Despondency. * * * …   Universalium

  • despondence — noun The state of being downcast or despondent. Syn: despondency …   Wiktionary

  • despondence — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Utter lack of hope: despair, desperateness, desperation, despond, despondency, hopelessness. See HOPE. 2. A feeling or spell of dismally low spirits: blues, dejection, depression, despondency, doldrums, dolefulness …   English dictionary for students

  • despondence — n. depression, melancholy, dejection, hopelessness …   English contemporary dictionary

  • despondence — de·spon·dence …   English syllables

  • despondence — noun feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless • Syn: ↑despondency, ↑heartsickness, ↑disconsolateness • Derivationally related forms: ↑disconsolate (for: ↑disconsolateness), ↑heartsi …   Useful english dictionary

  • despondency — noun feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑despondence, ↑heartsickness, ↑disconsolateness • Derivationally related forms: ↑disconsolate (for: ↑disconsolaten …   Useful english dictionary

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