"despondency" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɪˈspɒndənsi/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-despondency.wav Forms: despondencies [plural]
Etymology: From Latin dēspondentia, from dēspondēns + -ia. Equivalent to despondent + -ency. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|dēspondentia}} Latin dēspondentia, {{af|la|dēspondēns|-ia|nocat=1}} dēspondēns + -ia, {{af|en|despondent|-ency}} despondent + -ency Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} despondency (countable and uncountable, plural despondencies)
  1. The loss of hope or confidence; despair or dejection. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Sadness Translations (loss of hope or confidence): δυσθυμία (dusthumía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), отчаяние (otčajanie) (Bulgarian), безнадеждност (beznadeždnost) (Bulgarian), desesper [masculine] (Catalan), desesperació [feminine] (Catalan), malomyslnost [feminine] (Czech), modløshed [common-gender] (Danish), wanhoop [masculine] (Dutch), radeloosheid [masculine] (Dutch), désespoir (French), Verzagtheit [feminine] (German), Mutlosigkeit [feminine] (German), Verzweiflung [feminine] (German), Verzagen [neuter] (German), αθυμία (athymía) [feminine] (Greek), abbattimento [masculine] (Italian), о́чај (óčaj) [masculine] (Macedonian), безна́дежност (beznádežnost) [feminine] (Macedonian), takaruretanga (Maori), ngākau pōuri (Maori), zniechęcenie [neuter] (Polish), beznadzieja [feminine] (Polish), abatimént [masculine] (Romagnol), disperare [feminine] (Romanian), упадок духа (upadok duxa) (Russian), отчаянье (otčajanʹje) (Russian), desesperanza [feminine] (Spanish), desesperación [feminine] (Spanish), descorazonamiento [masculine] (Spanish), modlöshet [common-gender] (Swedish), hopplöshet (Swedish), hinayo (Tagalog), paghihinayo (Tagalog), umutsuzluk (Turkish), ümitsizlik (Turkish)
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  2. A feeling of depression or disheartenment. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (a feeling of depression or disheartenment): δυσθυμία (dusthumía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), униние (uninie) (Bulgarian), desànim [masculine] (Catalan), abatiment [masculine] (Catalan), malomyslnost [feminine] (Czech), modløshed [common-gender] (Danish), wanhoop [masculine] (Dutch), radeloosheid [masculine] (Dutch), abattement [masculine] (French), Niedergeschlagenheit [feminine] (German), Mutlosigkeit [feminine] (German), αθυμία (athymía) [feminine] (Greek), anaoibh [feminine] (Irish), gruaim [feminine] (Irish), abbattimento [masculine] (Italian), scoraggiamento [masculine] (Italian), sconforto [masculine] (Italian), maestitia [feminine] (Latin), maeror [masculine] (Latin), мало́душност (malódušnost) [feminine] (Macedonian), takaruretanga (Maori), rāwakiwaki (Maori), ngākau pōuri (Maori), motløshet [masculine] (Norwegian), mistrøstighet [masculine] (Norwegian), nedtrykthet [masculine] (Norwegian), nedtrykking [feminine] (Norwegian), mismot [neuter] (Norwegian), zniechęcenie [neuter] (Polish), zwątpienie [neuter] (Polish), abatimént [masculine] (Romagnol), mâhnire [feminine] (Romanian), melancolie [feminine] (Romanian), отчаянье (otčajanʹje) (Russian), уныние (unynije) (Russian), hinayo (Tagalog), paghihinayo (Tagalog), silñe (Tocharian B), cesaretsizlik (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-despondency-en-noun-QGWaEYYH Disambiguation of 'a feeling of depression or disheartenment': 2 98

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      "sense": "a feeling of depression or disheartenment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maeror"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "malódušnost",
      "sense": "a feeling of depression or disheartenment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мало́душност"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a feeling of depression or disheartenment",
      "word": "takaruretanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a feeling of depression or disheartenment",
      "word": "rāwakiwaki"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a feeling of depression or disheartenment",
      "word": "ngākau pōuri"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "a feeling of depression or disheartenment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "motløshet"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "a feeling of depression or disheartenment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mistrøstighet"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "a feeling of depression or disheartenment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nedtrykthet"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "a feeling of depression or disheartenment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nedtrykking"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "a feeling of depression or disheartenment",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "mismot"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a feeling of depression or disheartenment",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zniechęcenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a feeling of depression or disheartenment",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zwątpienie"
    },
    {
      "code": "rgn",
      "lang": "Romagnol",
      "sense": "a feeling of depression or disheartenment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "abatimént"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a feeling of depression or disheartenment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mâhnire"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a feeling of depression or disheartenment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "melancolie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otčajanʹje",
      "sense": "a feeling of depression or disheartenment",
      "word": "отчаянье"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "unynije",
      "sense": "a feeling of depression or disheartenment",
      "word": "уныние"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a feeling of depression or disheartenment",
      "word": "hinayo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a feeling of depression or disheartenment",
      "word": "paghihinayo"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "a feeling of depression or disheartenment",
      "word": "silñe"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a feeling of depression or disheartenment",
      "word": "cesaretsizlik"
    }
  ],
  "word": "despondency"
}

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