despondency
despondency · despondencies
отчаянье, упадок духа, уныние
Mutlosigkeit, Verzagtheit, Verzweiflung, Verzagen
The loss of hope or confidenceThe loss of hope or confidence; despair or dejection.
/dɪˈspɒndənsi/
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)The loss of hope or confidence; despair or dejection.
Verzagtheit, Mutlosigkeit, Verzweiflung
упадок духаupadok duxa, отчаяньеotčajanʹje
(countable, uncountable)A feeling of depression or disheartenment.
Niedergeschlagenheit, Mutlosigkeit
отчаяньеotčajanʹje, уныниеunynije
feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless
Translations
7 languagesРусский
By meaning 2
loss of hope or confidence:
a feeling of depression or disheartenment:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
loss of hope or confidence:
a feeling of depression or disheartenment:
Origin
From Latin dēspondentia, from dēspondēns + -ia. Equivalent to despondent + -ency.From Latin dēspondentia, from dēspondēns + -ia. Equivalent to despondent + -ency.
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Forms
plural: despondencies| Singular | despondency |
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regular
Synonyms
44 synonymsdespairB1desperationB2melancholyC2sorrowB1depressionB1griefB2miseryB1mournB1regretB2sadnessB1unhappinessB2despondhopelessnessunhope
Close in meaning
- feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless:despondenceheartsicknessdisconsolateness
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable