Definition for Despondency:

• The state of desponding; loss of hope and cessation of effort; discouragement; depression or dejection of the mind.

Synonyms for Despondency:

• n.

  •
  • mope.
  •dejection (noun)
  • contemplativeness,
  • dolorousness,
  • woefulness,
  • dreariness,
  • blues,
  • ennui,
  • anxiety,
  • grimness,
  • plaintiveness,
  • sullenness,
  • joylessness.
  •depression (noun)
  • melancholia,
  • cheerlessness,
  • dispiritedness,
  • hypochondria,
  • blue devils,
  • bleakness,
  • lowness.
  •despondency (noun)
  • heartsickness.
  •feelings (noun)
  • emotion.
  •funk (noun)
  • cold sweat.
  •hopelessness (noun)
  • spiritlessness,
  • abandonment,
  • anguish,
  • desperation,
  • discouragement,
  • dejection,
  • heartlessness,
  • moroseness.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • dysphoria,
  • doldrums.
  •
  • unhappiness,
  • dumps.
  •Other relevant words:
  • no way out,
  • bereavement,
  • concern,
  • despond,
  • fear,
  • blackness,
  • hurt,
  • faze,
  • disquietude,
  • inquietude,
  • defeatism,
  • cowardice,
  • desolation,
  • hypochondriasis,
  • trembling,
  • remorse,
  • suffering,
  • heartbreak,
  • nervousness,
  • palpitation,
  • anxiousness,
  • dejectedness,
  • pessimist,
  • death wish,
  • worry,
  • shaking,
  • Lachrymals,
  • acedia,
  • impression,
  • no way,
  • mumps,
  • abject fear,
  • self-destructive urge,
  • prostration,
  • restlessness,
  • torment,
  • no exit,
  • sloth,
  • darkness,
  • regret,
  • woe,
  • unnerve,
  • cavity,
  • agony,
  • suicidal despair,
  • Heartquake,
  • sorrow,
  • mourning,
  • taedium vitae,
  • horrors,
  • batophobia,
  • bummer,
  • dolour,
  • flutter,
  • apathy,
  • il penseroso,
  • malaise,
  • enervate,
  • angst,
  • trepidation,
  • basin,
  • unsettle,
  • black dog,
  • resignation,
  • oppression,
  • discomfort,
  • megrims,
  • quivering,
  • perturbation,
  • ruth,
  • fear and trembling,
  • loss,
  • downer,
  • distress,
  • dullness,
  • spleen,
  • lugubriousness,
  • tremor,
  • mopes,
  • ill humor,
  • vapors.

Paraphrases for Despondency:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    abatement, deduction.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    despair, discouragement, desperation, hopelessness, frustration, dismay, disappointment, distress.

Antonyms for Despondency:

• n.

  • dejection
    joy, hopefulness, happiness, encouragement, cheer, cheerfulness.
  • 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.

Homophones for Despondency:

• disappointing, despondence.