▪ I. despondency1
(dɪˈspɒndənsɪ)
Also 7 dis-.
[f. as prec. + -ency.]
The state or condition of being despondent; depression or dejection of spirits through loss of resolution or hope.
| 1653 H. More Conject. Cabbal. (1662) 161 Anger, Zeal, Indignation..Despondency, Triumph or Gloriation. 1656 Artif. Handsom. (1662) 76 Religion is no friend..to supine and sottish despondencies of mind. 1684 Bunyan Pilgr. ii. 161 They fell to demolishing Doubting-Castle..and in it..they found one Mr. Dispondencie..and one Much-afraid his Daughter. 1748 Anson's Voy. i. ii. 16 The peevishness and despondency which..contrary winds, and a lingring voyage..create. 1838 Thirlwall Greece IV. xxxiv. 326 The despondency with which the Greeks viewed the situation. 1866 Geo. Eliot F. Holt I. iv. 94 In a tone of despondency. |
▪ II. deˈspondency2
Obs.—0 See despond v.2