HyperDic: despondency

English > 1 sense of the word *despondency*:
NOUN	feeling	despondency, despondence, heartsickness, disconsolateness	feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless

despondency > pronunciation
Sounds	dihspaa'ndahnsiy
Rhymes	absorbency ... Yangtze: 255 rhymes with siy...

English > *despondency*: 1 sense > noun 1, feeling
Meaning	Feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless.
Synonyms	despondence, heartsickness, disconsolateness
Broader	depression	sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
Spanish	abatimiento, desconsuelo, desesperanza, desfallecimiento
Catalan	abatiment, defalliment
Adjectives	despondent	without or almost without hope
Verbs	despond	lose confidence or hope