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despondency

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of despondency

1 a state or spell of low spirits

  • in despondency because he couldnʼt seem to settle into a lasting relationship
Synonyms of despondency

blue devils, 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
Words Related to despondency

melancholia, self-pity

anguish, dolor, grief, mourning, somberness, sorrow, woefulness

agony, distress, pain

misery, woe, wretchedness

discouragement, disheartenment

moodiness

despair, desperation, hopelessness, self-despair

boredom, ennui, tedium

dismalness, drear, morbidness, moroseness, morosity

regret, rue
Near Antonyms of despondency

gaiety (also gayety), gayness, glee, gleefulness, humor, jollity, joviality, lightheartedness, merriment, mirth, mirthfulness

cheer, cheerfulness, cheeriness, hopefulness, optimism, sunniness

content, contentedness, contentment, satisfaction

delight, gratification
Antonyms of despondency

bliss, blissfulness, ecstasy, elatedness, elation, euphoria, exhilaration, exuberance, exultation, felicity, gladness, gladsomeness, happiness, heaven, intoxication, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, jubilation, rapture, rapturousness

2 the state of being discouraged

  • in their despondency they seemingly forgot that losing teams can become winning teams in a single season
Synonyms of despondency

demoralization, despair, discouragement, disheartenment, dismay, dispiritedness
Words Related to despondency

blues, dejection, depression, dumps, gloom, melancholy, mopes

defeatism, pessimism, resignation
Near Antonyms of despondency

optimism, sanguinity
Antonyms of despondency

encouragement

3 utter loss of hope

  • never once gave into despondency and self-pity during her long recovery from her injuries in the car crash
Synonyms of despondency

despair, desperation, despond, despondence, forlornness, hopelessness
Words Related to despondency

blue devils, blues, dejection, depression, desolation, disconsolateness, dispiritedness, doldrums, dolor, downheartedness, dreariness, dumps, gloom, gloominess, joylessness, melancholy, mopes, oppression, sadness, sorrow, unhappiness

self-despair, self-pity

dolefulness, mournfulness, sorrowfulness, woefulness

agony, distress, pain

misery, woe, wretchedness

cynicism, pessimism

acceptance, resignation
Phrases Synonymous with despondency

slough of despond
Near Antonyms of despondency

cheer, cheerfulness, sunniness

optimism

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
Antonyms of despondency

hope, hopefulness

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