Definitions for: Despondency

[n] feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless

Webster (1913) Definition: De*spond"en*cy, n.
The state of desponding; loss of hope and cessation of
effort; discouragement; depression or dejection of the mind.

The unhappy prince seemed, during some days, to be sunk
in despondency. --Macaulay.

Synonyms: despondence, disconsolateness, heartsickness

See Also: blue devils, depression