Thesaurus
despondency
Synonyms and Antonyms of despondency
- in despondency because he couldn't seem to settle into a lasting relationship
blues, dejection, depression, desolation, despond, despondence, disconsolateness, dispiritedness, doldrums, dolefulness, downheartedness, dreariness, dumps, forlornness, gloom, gloominess, glumness, heartsickness, joylessness, melancholy, miserableness, mopes, mournfulness, oppression, sadness, sorrowfulness, unhappiness
- In their despondency they seemingly forgot that losing teams can become winning teams in a single season.
- She never once gave into despondency and self-pity during her long recovery from her injuries in the car crash.
slough of despond
cheer, cheerfulness, sunniness
gaiety (also gayety), glee, gleefulness, jollity, joviality, lightheartedness, merriment, mirth, mirthfulness
bliss, blissfulness, ecstasy, elatedness, elation, euphoria, exhilaration, exuberance, exultation, gladness, happiness, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, jubilation, rapture, rapturousness
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