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despondency🔊

The loss of hope or confidence; despair or dejection.

📑 Synonyms: despair desperation

A feeling of depression or disheartenment.

📑 Synonyms: melancholy sorrow
💬 Quotations
He kissed her brow, and left her. She watched him unconsciously, till the winding walk hid him from her sight, and then sank back on her seat, every nerve relaxing from its high-strained excitement into utter and still despondency.
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