Synonyms and Antonyms of despondency
1
a state or spell of low spirits
- in despondency because he couldn't seem to settle into a lasting relationship
blue devils, blues, dejection, depression, desolation, despond, despondence, disconsolateness, dispiritedness, doldrums, dolefulness, downheartedness, dreariness, dumps, forlornness, gloom, gloominess, glumness, heartsickness, joylessness, melancholy, miserableness, mopes, mournfulness, oppression, sadness, sorrowfulness, unhappiness
melancholia, self-pity
anguish, dolor, grief, mourning, somberness, sorrow, woefulness
agony, distress, pain
misery, woe, wretchedness
discouragement, disheartenment
moodiness
despair, desperation, hopelessness, self-despair
boredom, ennui, tedium
dismalness, drear, morbidness, moroseness, morosity
regret, rue
gaiety (also gayety), gayness, glee, gleefulness, humor, jollity, joviality, lightheartedness, merriment, mirth, mirthfulness
cheer, cheerfulness, cheeriness, hopefulness, optimism, sunniness
content, contentedness, contentment, satisfaction
delight, gratification
bliss, blissfulness, ecstasy, elatedness, elation, euphoria, exhilaration, exuberance, exultation, felicity, gladness, gladsomeness, happiness, heaven, intoxication, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, jubilation, rapture, rapturousness
2
the state of being discouraged
- in their despondency they seemingly forgot that losing teams can become winning teams in a single season
3
utter loss of hope
- never once gave into despondency and self-pity during her long recovery from her injuries in the car crash
blue devils, blues, dejection, depression, desolation, disconsolateness, dispiritedness, doldrums, dolor, downheartedness, dreariness, dumps, gloom, gloominess, joylessness, melancholy, mopes, oppression, sadness, sorrow, unhappiness
self-despair, self-pity
dolefulness, mournfulness, sorrowfulness, woefulness
agony, distress, pain
misery, woe, wretchedness
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