Associations to the word «Despondency»

Wiktionary

DESPONDENCY, noun. The loss of hope or confidence; despair or dejection.
DESPONDENCY, noun. A feeling of depression or disheartenment.

Dictionary definition

DESPONDENCY, noun. Feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin