despondency

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despondency (countable and uncountable, plural despondencies)

The loss of hope or confidence; despair or dejection.
A feeling of depression or disheartenment.
- 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 127:
  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.

Translations

loss of hope or confidence

Bulgarian: отчаяние (bg) (otčajanie), безнадеждност (bg) (beznadeždnost)
Catalan: desesper m, desesperació f
Czech: malomyslnost f
Danish: modløshed c
Dutch: wanhoop (nl) m, radeloosheid (nl) m
French: désespoir (fr)
German: Verzagtheit (de) f, Mutlosigkeit (de) f
Greek: αθυμία (el) f (athymía)
Ancient: δυσθυμία f (dusthumía)
Italian: abbattimento (it) m
Macedonian: о́чај m (óčaj), безна́дежност f (beznádežnost)
Maori: takaruretanga, ngākau pōuri
Polish: zniechęcenie (pl) n, beznadzieja (pl) f
Romagnol: abatimént m
Romanian: disperare (ro) f
Russian: упадок духа (upadok duxa), отчаянье (ru) (otčajanʹje)
Spanish: desesperanza (es) f, desesperación (es) f, descorazonamiento m
Swedish: modlöshet (sv) c, hopplöshet (sv)
Tagalog: hinayo, paghihinayo
Turkish: umutsuzluk (tr), ümitsizlik (tr)

a feeling of depression or disheartenment

Bulgarian: униние (bg) (uninie)
Catalan: desànim (ca) m, abatiment m
Czech: malomyslnost f
Danish: modløshed c
Dutch: wanhoop (nl) m, radeloosheid (nl) m
French: abattement (fr) m
German: Niedergeschlagenheit (de) f, Mutlosigkeit (de) f
Greek: αθυμία (el) f (athymía)
Ancient: δυσθυμία f (dusthumía)
Irish: anaoibh f, gruaim f
Italian: abbattimento (it) m, scoraggiamento (it) m, sconforto (it) m
Latin: maestitia f, maeror m
Macedonian: мало́душност f (malódušnost)
Maori: takaruretanga, rāwakiwaki, ngākau pōuri
Norwegian: motløshet m, mistrøstighet m, nedtrykthet m, nedtrykking f, mismot n
Polish: zniechęcenie (pl) n, zwątpienie (pl) n
Romagnol: abatimént m
Romanian: mâhnire (ro) f, melancolie (ro) f
Russian: отчаянье (ru) (otčajanʹje), уныние (ru) (unynije)
Tagalog: hinayo, paghihinayo
Tocharian B: silñe
Turkish: cesaretsizlik (tr)

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