What is another word for despondency?
291 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ dɪspˈɒndənsi], [ dɪspˈɒndənsi], [ d_ɪ_s_p_ˈɒ_n_d_ə_n_s_i]Table of Contents
Similar words for despondency:- other relevant words (adjective)
- blue devils (noun)
- blues (noun)
- dejection (noun)
- depression (noun)
- despair (noun)
- desperation (noun)
- despondency (noun)
- disappointment (noun)
- downheartedness (noun)
- emotion (noun)
- feelings (noun)
- funk (noun)
- gloom (noun)
- glumness (noun)
- grief (noun)
- heartache (noun)
- heavy-heartedness (noun)
- hopelessness (noun)
- melancholy (noun)
- misery (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- pessimism (noun)
- sadness (noun)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Despondency:
adj.
•Other relevant words: (adjective)n.
•blue devils (noun) •blues (noun)- un-happinesses,
- the dismal,
- gloominesses,
- un-happiness,
- moodinesses,
- un happinesses,
- low spirit,
- the mope,
- un happiness.
- contemplativeness,
- dolorousness,
- woefulness,
- dreariness,
- blues,
- ennui,
- anxiety,
- grimness,
- plaintiveness,
- sullenness,
- joylessness.
- heaviness of heart,
- dispiritedness,
- blahs,
- cheerlessness,
- hypochondria,
- Melancholias,
- lowness,
- Disconsolation,
- blue devils,
- Abjectness,
- lugubriosity,
- the blue,
- the blues,
- melancholia,
- bleakness,
- abjection.
- disconsolatenesses,
- dis tractions,
- dis comfort,
- dis-tractions,
- dis traction,
- dis-traction,
- dis comforts,
- dis-comfort,
- dis-comforts.
- disillusionment,
- the knocks,
- disenchantment,
- bafflement,
- disillusionments,
- unfulfillment,
- nonsuccess,
- adverse fate,
- non-success,
- lack of success.
- saturninities,
- fore-boding,
- Catatonias,
- pensivenesses,
- fore bodings,
- mis-giving,
- fore boding,
- fore-bodings,
- mis giving.
- in-felicity,
- deplorings,
- bewailings,
- re-pining,
- be-wailing,
- dis quiet,
- be moaning,
- dis-quiet,
- bemoanings,
- in felicity,
- lamentings,
- in-felicities,
- in felicities,
- repinings,
- be wailing,
- dis quiets,
- be-moaning,
- re pining,
- dis-quiets.
- spiritlessness,
- abandonment,
- anguish,
- desperation,
- discouragement,
- dejection,
- heartlessness,
- moroseness.
- gloomy outlook,
- dolefulness,
- down trip,
- disconsolateness,
- rue,
- depression,
- misery,
- pensiveness,
- dim view,
- mournfulness,
- heaviness,
- the dumps,
- heavy heart,
- funk,
- glumness,
- despair,
- broken heart,
- dashed hopes,
- hopelessness,
- the dismals,
- disheartenment,
- expectation of worst,
- disappointment,
- Desperateness,
- blue funk,
- moodiness,
- melancholy,
- sadness,
- grief,
- morbidity,
- dismals,
- head ache,
- pain,
- sorrowfulness,
- Dyspepsias,
- wretchedness,
- tribulation,
- Miserableness,
- heavyheartedness,
- Infelicities,
- headache,
- wistfulness,
- heavy-heartedness,
- dashed hope,
- dark side,
- forlornness,
- infelicity,
- low-spiritedness,
- low spirits,
- saturninity,
- anvil chorus,
- lamentation,
- disheartenments,
- heartache,
- despondence,
- gloominess,
- Downcastness,
- pessimism,
- gloom,
- purgatory,
- worriment,
- downheartedness,
- catatonia,
- dolefuls,
- dyspepsia,
- downheartedn,
- Morbidities,
- the mopes.
Other synonyms:
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- unhappiness,
- dumps.
- no way out,
- mumps,
- self-destructive urge,
- agony,
- unsettle,
- acedia,
- dullness,
- ill humor,
- suffering,
- prostration,
- fear and trembling,
- dolour,
- cowardice,
- quivering,
- oppression,
- apathy,
- downer,
- faze,
- sorrow,
- torment,
- disquietude,
- enervate,
- impression,
- angst,
- death wish,
- trembling,
- bummer,
- basin,
- no exit,
- regret,
- anxiousness,
- perturbation,
- worry,
- desolation,
- distress,
- abject fear,
- blackness,
- cavity,
- palpitation,
- suicidal despair,
- woe,
- fear,
- mopes,
- nervousness,
- Lachrymals,
- loss,
- lugubriousness,
- remorse,
- horrors,
- hurt,
- tremor,
- inquietude,
- unnerve,
- vapors,
- heartbreak,
- il penseroso,
- malaise,
- black dog,
- resignation,
- batophobia,
- hypochondriasis,
- shaking,
- darkness,
- flutter,
- blank despondency,
- taedium vitae,
- bereavement,
- Heartquake,
- discomfort,
- spleen,
- concern,
- dejectedness,
- megrims,
- restlessness,
- trepidation,
- pessimist,
- mourning,
- defeatism,
- sloth,
- despond,
- ruth,
- no way.
Paraphrases for Despondency:
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Noun, singular or mass
despair, discouragement, desperation, hopelessness, frustration, dismay, disappointment, distress.
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Noun, singular or mass
Antonyms for Despondency:
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dejection
joy, hopefulness, happiness, encouragement, cheer, cheerfulness.
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Other antonyms:
trust, content, expectancy, hope, courage, sunniness, confidence, felicity, gayness, joyousness, exultation, assurance, joviality, optimism, jubilation, anticipation, lightheartedness, gladsomeness, glee, mirthfulness, joyfulness, gleefulness, expectation, mirth, delight, sanguinity, humor, intoxication, rapturousness, exuberance.
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dejection