Despondence

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Despondence \De*spond"ence\, n.
     Despondency.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The people, when once infected, lose their relish for
           happiness [and] saunter about with looks of


           despondence.                             --Goldsmith.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  despondence
       n : feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless [syn: {despondency},
            {heartsickness}, {disconsolateness}]