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.

  •
  • happy,
  • feelings,
  • mope.
  •blue devils (noun)
  • mubblefubbles,
  • Mulligrubs,
  • pink elephants,
  • DT.
  •blues (noun)
  • un-happinesses,
  • the dismal,
  • gloominesses,
  • un-happiness,
  • moodinesses,
  • un happinesses,
  • low spirit,
  • the mope,
  • un happiness.
  •dejection (noun)
  • contemplativeness,
  • dolorousness,
  • woefulness,
  • dreariness,
  • blues,
  • ennui,
  • anxiety,
  • grimness,
  • plaintiveness,
  • sullenness,
  • joylessness.
  •depression (noun)
  • heaviness of heart,
  • dispiritedness,
  • blahs,
  • cheerlessness,
  • hypochondria,
  • Melancholias,
  • lowness,
  • Disconsolation,
  • blue devils,
  • Abjectness,
  • lugubriosity,
  • the blue,
  • the blues,
  • melancholia,
  • bleakness,
  • abjection.
  •despair (noun)
  • forlornnesses.
  •desperation (noun)
  • disconsolatenesses,
  • dis tractions,
  • dis comfort,
  • dis-tractions,
  • dis traction,
  • dis-traction,
  • dis comforts,
  • dis-comfort,
  • dis-comforts.
  •despondency (noun)
  • heartsickness.
  •disappointment (noun)
  • disillusionment,
  • the knocks,
  • disenchantment,
  • bafflement,
  • disillusionments,
  • unfulfillment,
  • nonsuccess,
  • adverse fate,
  • non-success,
  • lack of success.
  •downheartedness (noun)
  • lowspiritednesses,
  • low spiritednesses,
  • lowspiritedness,
  • low spiritedness,
  • low-spiritednesses.
  •emotion (noun)
  • vibe,
  • warmth,
  • vibes,
  • responsiveness,
  • empathy,
  • excitability.
  •feelings (noun)
  • emotion.
  •funk (noun)
  • tremblings,
  • cold sweat.
  •gloom (noun)
  • saturninities,
  • fore-boding,
  • Catatonias,
  • pensivenesses,
  • fore bodings,
  • mis-giving,
  • fore boding,
  • fore-bodings,
  • mis giving.
  •glumness (noun)
  • downheartedns.
  •grief (noun)
  • 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.
  •heartache (noun)
  • hurtings,
  • broken hearts.
  •heavy-heartedness (noun)
  • heavy heartedness.
  •hopelessness (noun)
  • spiritlessness,
  • abandonment,
  • anguish,
  • desperation,
  • discouragement,
  • dejection,
  • heartlessness,
  • moroseness.
  •pessimism (noun)
  • gloomy outlooks,
  • dark sides,
  • dim views,
  • dis trusts,
  • dis-trust,
  • dis trust,
  • dis-trusts,
  • expectation worst.
  •sadness (noun)
  • the dump,
  • grievings,
  • downcastnesses,
  • sorrowfulnesses.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • dysphoria,
  • doldrums.
  •
  • unhappiness,
  • dumps.

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.

Despondency Sentence Examples:

• A heavy, dull despondency, as if the life of life were no more, seemed to weigh down her youth, and make it weary of that happy sun!

• O'Toole was very well content to see his friend's face once more quivering like a boy's with pleasure, to hear him laugh, to watch the despondency vanish from his aspect.

Homophones for Despondency:

• disappointing, despondence.