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Noun: despondency  di'spón-dun(t)-see
  1. Feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless
    - despondence, heartsickness, disconsolateness

Derived forms: despondencies

See also: despond, despondent

Type of: depression

Encyclopedia: Despondency

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